Keith G wrote:
"Chris Isbell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:16:42 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

Tech Spec:
PCM -1600 Digital Recording system
Sampling Rate: 44,056

Why the very strange sample rate?

No idea - all details were copied straight from the record sleeve.

It's because NTSC frame rate is usually not 30 frames (60 fields) per
second but 29.97 (59.94 fields), a ratio of 1000/1001.[*] The PCM-1600
used a broadcast quality NTSC video recorder, so

59.94 x 245 lines x 3 (samples/line) ~= 44.056 kHz

Andrew.
[*] This is done in order to minimize beating between the coulor
subcarrier and the sound subcarrier.