Audacity Sample Rates and Bit Depth

Let's talk Audacity sample rates and bit depth. What is a sample rate? What am I sampling and why? What is bit depth? What's the relationship between sample rate and bit depth? Why are there sample rates displayed in each track and a project sample rate in the lower left corner of the screen? What's the difference and do they have to match? Where do I set the default sample rate in Audacity?

Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:15 – Digital and Analog
00:48 – Digital Waveforms
01:10 – Analog to Digital Conversion
02:46 – Topics: Sample Rate and Bit Depth
03:10 – Track Sample Rates and Project Sample Rate
03:59 – What Is a Sample Rate?
05:17 – Project Sample Rate
05:51 – Three Examples of Different Project Rates
08:55 – What is Bit Depth?
12:07 – Changing Track Sample Rates
13:05 – Project Sample Rate for ACX Audiobooks
14:13 – How to Set The Default Project Sample Rate
15:44 – Sample Rate Conversion Settings in Audacity
17:49 – Recap
18:06 – MP3 Export for ACX
19:41 – What is MP3 Bit Rate?
20:23 – Wrap-up and Video Courses I Teach

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