CSvax:cak@pur-ee.UUCP (10/12/83)
In the current issue of the Computer Music Journal (v7n3), in the notes and announcements section, the followinng appeared (reprinted without permission): SONY PLANS DAC AND ADC SALES In a recent interview in Electronics magazine, Norio Ohga, the newly appointed president of Sony Corporation and a former opera singer, revealed that Sony plans "large-volume sales of standard analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters" (ADCs and DACs) in the near future. Asked if Sony planned to introduce digital compact cassette tapes, Ohga replied: "If consumers copy compat disks onto [digital] tape, they will have better recordings than the 38 cm/sec open-reel [analog] tapes formerly used as masters. The record companies would go out of business." This was given as a reason for Sony to "tread carefully" in this application. Respectfully submitted, Chris Kent, Purdue CS Dept.