oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev x268) (10/29/85)
I recomend Carver Digital Time Lens (I know, another silly name).
I was impressed by the effect the dithering and the channel mix manipulation
(A-B,B-A and A+B component of stereo and their realtive delay) had on a CD made
from a BADLY done ANALOG recording. The improvements were in noise level,
clarity and "warmth" and "realism" of the sound. The best thing about Carver is
that you can switch on either the "lens" ( delay and channel mix) or dither
(2 separate spectrums/levels of dither) or both. The unit was $100-$200.
There was no appreciable effect on a GOOD digitally recorded/mixed CD's sound.
Disclamer: My employers go to church every Sunday, listen to Country music,
and donate money to GOP. I am just a deviant.
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Disclamer: My employers go to church every Sunday, listen to Country music,
and donate money to GOP. I am just a deviant.
----------------------------------+ Don't bother, I'll find the door,
"Only through a violent revolution| Oleg Kiselev.
can the existing order be pre- |...!trwrb!felix!birtch!oleg
served..."-Perfect Student Union |...!{ihnp4|randvax}!ucla-cs!uclapic!oac6!olegrfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (10/31/85)
[] Am I a pedant for saying that noise added after decoding is not dither? Its just masking noise, like somepeople add to their bedrooms to help them sleep, and others add to their office environments for presumably the same reason :-) Noise added in coding produces the effect known as "dither". It would be just like Carver to misuse names, genius that he is. -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg