stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) (01/22/85)
Here's a question for those who know about recording procedures: I recently bought several of CDs that were labled as being "Digital Master/Analog Recording". I figured that the most important thing was that it was digitally mastered. I got them home and found out that I was wrong. From the levels of hiss on the disks, it is clear that they were produced from an analog source. My question then, is "If the recording is digitally mastered, why do they make the CD from an analog recording?" Seems strange to me. Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart
lgssq@dsd.UUCP (Roger Stenerson) (01/26/85)
> Here's a question for those who know about recording procedures: > > I recently bought several of CDs that were labled as being > "Digital Master/Analog Recording". I figured that the most > important thing was that it was digitally mastered. > > I got them home and found out that I was wrong. From the levels of hiss > on the disks, it is clear that they were produced from an analog source. > My question then, is "If the recording is digitally mastered, why do > they make the CD from an analog recording?" Seems strange to me. > > Bob Stewart > ihldt!stewart Several of the latest discs that I have bought have a new label that tells which technologies were used to make the disc. Here is the description: "This recording technology is identified on the back cover by a three-letter code: DDD Digital tape recorder used during session recording, mixing and/or editing, and mastering (transcription). ADD Analogue tape recorder used during session recording; digital tape recorder used during subsequent mixing and/or editing and during mastering (transcription). AAD Analogue tape recorder used during session recording and subsequent mixing and/or editing; digital tape recorder used during mastering (transcription)." (info obtained from "Vangelis: Soil Festivities") Thus, the disc in question here was either a ADD or AAD which accounts for the noticeable hiss. Roger Stenerson UUCP : {hplabs,fortune}!dsd!lgssq Ampex Corporation, Advanced Technology Division Redwood City, CA "The above opinions are mine, or at least they were when I wrote them"