how come the standard mp3 sample rate is 44100hz? is it just a good middle ground between sound quality and filesize, or is it something stupidly specific that im not getting
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@pearshapes combo of things but mainly pertains to human hearing and just it being a standard that was introduced in the 70s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/44,100_Hz