The PCM-D50 is a 96 kHz/24-bit recorder fitted with two-position (X-Y or Wide) stereo microphones, 4 GB of internal flash memory and a Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo™ slot (for additional storage). The body of the D50 is constructed of lightweight metal (aluminum) and it’s built rugged to withstand the demands of pro applications, plus... »
Bit Depth Bit Depth refers to the number of bits you use in order to to capture audio. The easiest way to envision this is as a series of levels, that audio energy can be sliced at any given moment in time. 16 bit audio, allows for 65,536 possible levels. With every... »
Sample Rate (Sometimes called bit-rate, though that is not the same thing) This is the number of times your audio waveform is measured (sampled) per second. So at the ‘red book’ standard for Compact Disks, the sample rate is 44.1 kHz or 44,100 slices every second. Many of the recorders on this site can sample at... »
Bit Rate The bit rate is how much data per second is required to transmit the resulting file. As you might imagine, this is basically the sum of the Bit Depth times the Sample rate. Bear in mind that we are only talking about a single audio channel here, so if you are recording stereo,... »