> Hi everyone.
> Just a quick question...
>
> I know that short blocks require more bits to encode than long blocks, but
> is that the only drawback with using short blocks? I suspected that long
> blocks would also have better frequency resolution than short blocks (by a
> factor of 3).
Yep, that's exactly it; better frequency resolution means better energy
compaction of strong tones so that they're generally represented in finer
resolution. It *also* means that the longer time block can reproduce lower
fundamentals as tones more accurately (rather than pieceing together the bass
and low midrange from what looks mostly like DC offsets)
Monty
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