From Miau-Miau International Sent Fri, Jan 8th 1999, 05:48
From Miau-Miau International Sent Fri, Jan 8th 1999, 05:48
Mark Kolmar wrote: >> it wuld be useful to know the bpm of the average >> cd-data-word-skip. If you programmed a track in that bpm, you could make >> the cd skip and get some tracky stuff....as well as know what speed to mix >> vinyl in at...Maybe I'll try this tonight... > >For every scenario I can think of, the frequency of the skip on a CD would >be dependent on the location on the disc. Remember, they spin at constant >velocity, not at a constant RPM. The RPM varies from 500 to 300 if I'm >remembering correctly. yes. the cd reads from the center out, so the RPM is faster at the beginning of the cd, and slower at the end. > >On the players I've tried, it has been a tricky business to cause a CD to >skip "reliably". You have to catch a certain middle-ground where the >player can cope well enough to keep spitting out audio, but not well >enough to advance through the disc in approximately the normal way. my friend kurt ralske (of cathars) wrote a computer program that makes any cd (in the cd-rom drive) skip, at any speed! miss miau-miau