Re: [ARSCLIST] Digital File Specs and StoryCorps

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Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:56:39 -0600
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Richard L. Hess at arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Please tell me again why some archives insist on digitizing oral
> history cassettes at 96 ks/s, 24 bit, when they were recorded in
> lower quality than this rig is capable of?

Perhaps some institutions find it more convenient to concentrate their
collection at one higher sample rate.

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Parker Dinkins
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