Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [ardour-dev] hardware requirements...
From: David Gerard Matthews (dgm4+@pitt.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 02 2002 - 05:50:55 EET
Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> CDs are an outdated medium that has survived because of the patent
> industry. If the multimedia companies didn't have so much invested
> into cd technology we would all own DVDRW drives by now. I hope it is
> just a matter of time before the prices are reasonable for small scale
> operations.
Umm, actually I'd heard nearly the exact opposite opinion voiced on more
than one occasion, namely, that higher-sample rates are basically an
audio industry ploy to sucker rich yuppies wth $5000 USD power
amps into buying "Sgt. Pepper" and "Are You Experienced" in yet another
format. Personally, I'm inclined to believe that, and I do consider
myself an audiofile. FWIW, I also run everything, even the DAT
machine (yes, I've still got one) at 44.1, even though my Delta can
handle 96, because I really don't like to deal with resampling, and
nothing I'm doing at this point has any likelihood of ending up on DVD-A
anytime soon.
'-dgm
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