25 Dec
2012
25 Dec
'12
12:01 a.m.
On Dec 24, 2012 4:22 PM, "Monty Montgomery" <xiphmont(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There was another more mundane reason than that.
44.1kHz allowed
engineers to store an even number of samples in either an NTSC or a
PAL scanline when using UMatic video recorders to record digital
audio. Sony had supposedly even planned a line of products based on
the idea, though they never came to market.
In college we recorded recitals on such a system. There was A/D box with
meters on it ("If it clips you're fired!") and a Betamax VCR. I think it
was all Sony but I don't actually remember.