Re: (idm) random noises

From daniel
Sent Mon, Jan 11th 1999, 21:48

hate to be anal but atrac is of a higher quality than mp3 (unless you use
high encode rates (in which the wave is barely compressed)). 
There is a reason why md data discs can only hold 120 megs of data. 

see www.minidisc.org


-daniel

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Mikhail Zabaluev wrote:

> Hello solenoid,
> 
> solenoid wrote:
> > 
> > That makes me think that you could make a bunch of short noises as mp3's
> > and have them heard in random order like the minidisc idea....  for that
> > matter, since minidisc is mpeg2 level standarad I believe, maybe someone
> > could convince autechre that it is true to thier artistic goal to release
> > these as mp3's to be heard on random-order play...
> 
> Actually minidisc uses ATRAC standard, not MPEG layer 2. But the idea is
> still there, adding that MP3 gives better quality.
> 
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