Perhaps this is a silly question but the explanations mostly make perfect sense to me but in the case of sample rate, what happens when two waves with very different frequencies overlap?
Say I've got an 18kHz wave and a 9kHz wave and the 9kHz wave is ever so slightly out of phase. Then imagine there are 10 different waves under 20kHz all interfering with each other in different wages.
Is it still possible to reproduce everything accurately?
And on bit-depth and dynamic range: Given that much audio doesn't use the full range available to it, wouldn't higher bit depth increase the fidelity in the range the audio does fill? The article talks about the bit depth and range only in terms of the maximum volume but what about fidelity? What's the minimum difference in volume the human ear can hear?
Say I've got an 18kHz wave and a 9kHz wave and the 9kHz wave is ever so slightly out of phase. Then imagine there are 10 different waves under 20kHz all interfering with each other in different wages.
Is it still possible to reproduce everything accurately?
And on bit-depth and dynamic range: Given that much audio doesn't use the full range available to it, wouldn't higher bit depth increase the fidelity in the range the audio does fill? The article talks about the bit depth and range only in terms of the maximum volume but what about fidelity? What's the minimum difference in volume the human ear can hear?