pking@denelcor.UUCP (P. King) (03/19/84)
A couple of weeks ago somebody expressed an interest in the method used to convert Telarc's digital masters from the Soundstream Digital Tape Recorder sampling frequency to Compact Disc sampling frequency. Well, according to the technical information enclosed with the Compact Disc version of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" (Lorin Maazel & the Cleveland Orchestra): "During the recording of the digital masters and the subsequent transfer to disc, the entire audio chain was transformerless. The signal was not passed through any processing device (i.e., compression, limiting, or equalization) at any step during production. "Sampling frequency conversion of Telarc's Soundstream digital master to the Compact Disc format was accomplished with the Studer SFC-16 sampling frequency converter. The digital information was not subjec to any analog intersteps, thus preserving the integrity of the original digital master." So, there you have it. Straight from the source, so to speak. P. King (...!hao!denelcor!pking)