what is "redbook"?

I have been reading some forums here recently and have seen people writing about 'redbook cds'-Can anyone tell me exactly what that is?
thx

jim_gerace07-13-2001 4:05pm

macdonj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 118 posts 07-13-2001 at 05:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete To expand on what Sean said with some basics: Red Book CDs are 2-channel only, sampled at 44.1 kHz and use 16 bit word lengths. Some of the recent variations are multi-channel recordings, sampling rates of 48 kHz, and 96 kHz, and word lengths of up to 24 bits for PCM encoded data. For SACD, multi-channel is also possible, the sample rate is 2.811 MHz (I think) and the word length is 1 bit.
jim_gerace OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11 posts 07-13-2001 at 07:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks to both of you jim
kjg Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 171 posts 07-14-2001 at 04:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thank you as well. We really need an audio glossary on this site :-). Ken