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<u>Digital Audio</u> is the representation of sound waves digitally.
== Bit-Depth Basic Principles ==The most basic way to think of digital audio is like animation or video. By playing a number of individual "frames" quickly enough, it gives the appearance of motion. In the case of audio, the frames are called <u>samples</u>. Unlike video, however, digital audio is not an illusion - the digital representation of the sound is capable of storing all the information contained in and can be converted back into identical sound waves. A device called an <u>analog-to-digital converter</u> (ADC) turns analog waves, either sound or electrical, into digital signals.
== Sample Rate ==