http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Paul+Katsande Computers and Technology Paul Katsande Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=86710&ca=Computers+and+Technology When you listen to a live musical instrument, the sound you hear is an analog sound wave. Such a wave can take an infinity number of values. This signal has to be converted into a sequence of numbers (0s and 1s in native machine language) for storage and playback on a computer. This process of digit... Entertainment Paul Katsande Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=86712&ca=Entertainment An uncompressed digital music file (such as that on a music CD) uses 10MB or more per minute (at least 30MB for a 3 minute song). These files have to be compressed to the more usual levels of 3-5MB per song. Compression rearranges the sequence of numbers, sometimes throwing away less significant inf...