Direct drivers of deforestation in Amazon countries Cattle ranching Cattle ranching is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large-scale cattle ranching.
The sampling frequency or sampling rate, fs, is the average number of samples obtained in one second (samples per second), thus fs = 1/T. Reconstructing a continuous function from samples is done by interpolation algorithms.
So how did we end up with 44.1kHz as the âstandardâ sample rate for so many digital formats? According to what Iâve been told, in the early days of digital audio, 48kHz was the âproâ standard, and manufacturers wanted to use a different rate for âconsumerâ devices to prevent direct digital copying.