Re: MD: DCC?
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === So, how about explaining why he is wrong? I mean, it's very easy to say no, nah, ni, but it is a bit more complex to say why. I know the reasons, but I would definitely leave the explaining to an expert. Francisco. - Original Message - From: Stainless Steel Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MD-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 4:30 PM Subject: Re: MD: DCC? * Jacob Alifrangis [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 01 Jun 2001 | Analog is recorded with sine waves, whereas digital is recorded with | square waves, which take up more room. Where did you get that bit of misinformation? | Also, tapes sound better if the tape is moved past the head faster | (lower density). Not for digital media. The capacity of digital media is a function of the size of the read/write heads. For example, DDS-2 is a 120m DAT tape and stores 4GB of data, while DDS-3 is a 125m tape and stores 12GB of data, a three-fold increase. | So there is less available time that the tape has per foot. So the data | is compressed to make it fit. Just... wrong. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ returned to its special container and PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ kept under refrigeration. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Radio Station Just Got MD Equipment
James Jarvie wrote: Here's a happy thing: this afternoon when I showed up at the radio station where I work part-time (WWFM - classical radio network), the chief engineer pointed out to me the newest piece of equipment - a Sony MDS-E12 MINIDISC deck. There's one in the on-air studio and there will soon be one in the production studio. Two of my daughters have worked on college radio stations. Don't laugh. Since college stations don't have the financial pressures of commercial stations, they are often very good. You can often hear home grown music and music that a commercial station would never play because of fear that they would not attract a large enough audience. Traditionally commercials and public announcements are recorded on carts (cartridges)? Is that what they are called? Mini Discs offer the advantages of carts in that if you only record a specific audio clip on a mini disc that's what it will play each time it is inserted. It has the advantage of not having to be a continuous loop, like tape and is digital. Mini Discs should have taken off big time at radio stations. They, in my humble opinion, would have be an advantage over CDs. Since FM radio is cut off at 15,000Hz anyway, I doubt that anyone would notice if the stations was using CDs or an MD copy. With their compact size and protective jackets, mini discs are far superior to CDs. The more I think about it, the more amazed I am that MDs did not replace CDs as the source of consumer music collections. With the exception of compression, it seems to me that the mini disc has it over the CD in EVERY other area. Lets not forget that you have been able to record on MDs from the day they were introduced. Burning CDs is relatively recent compared to the MD. If someone were to make a comparison table of all types of recorded media, the mini disc would end up with the post pros. Think about them compared to records, reel to reel, 8 track, cassette, HiFi video tape (should we even bother to include the DCC?). DATs and CDs. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony Black MD Storage Racks
Hi, I've been told by my local Sony store today that Sony no longer sell the black MD storage towers. Does anyone know if this is true, or where I can purchase some? I'm in the UK! Regards, Lee Oxygene is my signature - it carries who I am. -Jean Michel Jarre, 1997 - E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www:http://www.revolution-uk.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (R)evolution - UK Jean Michel Jarre Fanclub - - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: DCC?
* Francisco J. Huerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 02 Jun 2001 | So, how about explaining why he is wrong? I mean, it's very easy to say no, | nah, ni, but it is a bit more complex to say why. I know the reasons, but I | would definitely leave the explaining to an expert. Square waves taking more space. Just plain BS. The shape of a wave has no bearing whatsoever on how much space is required to store it. DDS-2 and DDS-3 (two of the DAT data standards) have nearly identically length tapes (120m vs. 125m), and have the same linear speed over the heads. DDS-3 has three times the storage capacity as DDS-2. Clearly, speed is not a contributing factor to data density. Doesn't require an expert to show that Jacob has a lot of completely bogus information. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete. Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: DCC?
But it sounds good doesn't it. And on an oscilloscope, a 1v pk-to-pk square wave will indeed on average be using up more of the available space than the same pk-to-pk sine wave. Of course if we were to carry that analogy through to its logical conclusion, recording louder music ought to require a greater area of tape to record on also, which we all know it doesnt :o) But I bet I could convince 9 out of 10 peeps by the usual baffle them with bullsh!t approach :o) PrinceGaz. -- An ye harm none, do what ye will From: Stainless Steel Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Francisco J. Huerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 02 Jun 2001 | So, how about explaining why he is wrong? I mean, it's very easy to say no, | nah, ni, but it is a bit more complex to say why. I know the reasons, but I | would definitely leave the explaining to an expert. Square waves taking more space. Just plain BS. The shape of a wave has no bearing whatsoever on how much space is required to store it. DDS-2 and DDS-3 (two of the DAT data standards) have nearly identically length tapes (120m vs. 125m), and have the same linear speed over the heads. DDS-3 has three times the storage capacity as DDS-2. Clearly, speed is not a contributing factor to data density. Doesn't require an expert to show that Jacob has a lot of completely bogus information. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
