As I typed this, I suddenly understood it. I think. I guess now I'm just posting it for people who might have the same questions.

HAY GUYS. :-? UGH. What the heck is that?

Okay anyway, I have some questions. If you don't like reading, scroll down to the bottom for the condensed version. :lol: Sometimes Google doesn't cut it. In the case of mp3's and stuff, what is the difference between kHz and kbps? Or how do they relate to eachother? Like... I need an oversimplified yet applicable example here.

Let's say I have a .. uh, 5 second song in uncompressed analog format (correct me if I say anything stupid here... is there even such a thing as compressed analog?). Now, I also have this 44.1kHz wav file of the same 5 seconds of sound. The wav and the analog quality difference will be virtually unnoticeable right? (just a random question, not really having to do with what I'm wondering)

Now, I convert that wav to a 2kbps (oversimplified remember? ), 44.1kHz mp3 file. The file would have 10 chunks of different sound positions to emulate the original, right? Then what's the kHz mean? I read http://soundspectru…"]here[/]="http://soundspectru…"]here[/] that it's the number of sound positions per second. But I thought that's what kbps was..?
So does each kilobyte contain 1000 hertz that produce 1000 sound positions? If so, which usually increases the file size more when it is raised?

Short Version:
Hey, what's goin' on? In an mp3 or related formats, how can they have both kbps and khz? I previously thought they were just a different way of measuring the quality, like Celsius and Fahrenheit. But since they aren't, how are they related?

THANKS.

I'm pretty sure I got it with "So does each kilobyte contain 1000 hertz that produce 1000 sound positions?". Now, I'd probably rather want to know what hertz is and how it relates to bytes. Yeah.