What’s sampling rate? And why does it matter for music?

Do you keep hearing people talk about sampling rate in music? But aren’t certain what that actually is?? Well, friend, you’ve come to the right place. On a fundamental level, sampling rate is a result of the digitization of audio. While analog sound waves are continuous, digital music is made up from lots of small data points played one after another. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Sampling rate in audio is literally the number of “samples” taken per second. This is measured in Hertz (Hz). [Read: How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners] Now, the common…

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