Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] Mastering; Rezound, fir filter, digital clipping
From: Jesse Chappell (jesse_AT_essej.net)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 21:37:02 EEST
Oyvind Hammer wrote on Fri, 13-Jun-2003:
> > > I guess the process of copying audio and data from CD
> > > doesn't introduce any opportunity to compromise the
> > > sonic quality of the source. Am I right or wrong?
> >
> > According to one guy, you're wrong.
>
> Hm. Of course things can go wrong in a digital
> transfer, but they are not supposed to. It's rare,
> luckily, otherwise we would have even more trouble
> than we do when we store computer files on CDR.
> Remember that only a single bit error in a software
> on CD will probably make your computer crash. How
> often does that happen? (OK, sometimes it does!)
>
> > 'Exact Audio Copy'
>
> Snake oil. :-)
> Of course it's a good thing that it tells you if
> you have a serious dropout on your CD - that does
> happen. I'm sure it's a fine program.
The redbook audio cd format is significantly different
than a data CD. Extraction is not as straightforward as you would
think:
http://www.emedialive.com/EM1999/starrett7.html
jlc
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