Phil Leigh;538023 Wrote: > Sony will happily tell you that DSD is "the ultimate archival format" > and is thus the perfect source for this endeavour. The fact that the > data is being taken from a physical SACD rather than a file server > doesn't change that...
Recording to the DSD format is touted by Sony as a good archiving method. However Sony has never marketed SACD as an archiving method. The process of archiving in the DSD format of material originally recorded to DSD digital audio is by using a computer or a standalone DSD recorder to record the audio and then this material is archived either on a computer hard drive or on a digital tape. It is never archived on an SACD. The workflow of creating an SACD from DSD is as follows: The following specifications describe the input media formats Sony DADC currently accepts for high density Super Audio CD Mastering. Sony DADC accepts AIT 1 tapes with image content formatted in Sony Format 1.0. Super Audio CD orders require a DSD Cutting Master generated from a Sony Sonoma system. http://www.sonydadc.com/opencms/opencms/sites/am/Products/Super_Audio_CD/Replication.html Cutting Master: These steps combine all input data into a single disc image, an SACD Cutting Master, fully in compliance with the Scarlet Book specifications. The disc image is archived onto an AIT-1 tape. The resulting tape can then be transferred to a SA-CD disc production plant for replication. http://superaudioproduction.com/guide.html Sony has ONLY marketed SACD as a one way ticket, meaning the DSD data on the SACD cannot be extracted for ANY purpose. Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, 'We are programmed to receive. You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave!' -- mortslim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688
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