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| | NormSoft, Inc. Knowledge Base .: What are bitrate and sampling rate, and how do they affect my audio files? |
 | | The higher sampling rate the file is, the wider the frequency range is. In other words, higher is better quality. |
 | | Sampling rates do not affect file size as much as bit rates do, so if space is at a premium (like on an expansion card) a good tradeoff is to create high sampling rate files with a lower bit rate, or use a variable bit rate (VBR) with a moderately high "base" setting, like 128kbps. |
 | | If you have files that won't play because of their sampling rate, you can rip them from CD again (if that's how you got them) using a different quality setting, or use an audio conversion program to convert them to a different rate. |
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