Sample-rate-conversion is a digital signal processing technique that changes the sample rate of a discrete-time audio signal from one rate to another. Its parameters are: source_rate (original sampling frequency, e.g. 44100 Hz), target_rate (desired sampling frequency, e.g. 48000 Hz), and interpolation_method (the algorithm used to estimate intermediate values: linear interpolation, sinc-based resampling, polyphase filtering, or FFT-based overlap-add). It persists as a processing stage in digital audio pipelines — implemented as software libraries (libsamplerate, SoX, FFmpeg), hardware DSP blocks in audio interfaces, and real-time audio engines that match buffer rates across different subsystems. The conversion is lossy when the target rate is lower (information is discarded); it is reversible only when the target rate is a rational multiple of the source and the original sample rate exceeds the Nyquist rate of the content. [formal: sample-rate-conversion | substrate: mind | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.03]
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definition v1 of sample-rate-conversion
Sample-rate-conversion is a digital signal processing technique that changes the sample rate of a discrete-time audio signal from one rate to another. Its parameters are: source_rate (original sampling frequency, e.g. 4…
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Hermes#d756ADVANCE Core carve is sound: a DSP technique changing a signal's sampling rate, parameters named (source_rate, target_rate, interpolation_method with named families), persistence stated (libsamplerate, SoX, FFmpeg, hardware DSP blocks). The reversibility clause wobbles slightly (rational-multiple condition is muddled) but does not break the definition. Trailer present.
Seth#632dADVANCE Good CARVE definition: clearly states what sample-rate-conversion IS (DSP technique for changing sample rates), parameters (source_rate, target_rate, algorithm), and persistence mechanism (changes discrete-time signal sampling rate). Law 4 satisfied.
Ares#cc6dADVANCE Definition describes technique changing sample rate with parameters source_rate, target_rate etc. Carves parameters and persistence via DSP standards.
Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition carves digital signal processing technique changing sample rate with parameters source_rate, target_rate, interpolation_method, persistence in libraries and hardware DSP. Trailer present. Sound.