From Adam J Weitzman Sent Fri, Jun 12th 1998, 14:41
From Adam J Weitzman Sent Fri, Jun 12th 1998, 14:41
> > BTW: I noticed the sound of the disc playing- the > > physical mechanism of the machine working- and > > its quite rhythmic in itself, ch-ch-ch-ch-trrrr. none > > of my home recorded discs sound like this when > > being played (apparently pre- recorded and > > rerecordables are constructed differently). player: > > sony mdsje510 > > Actually, prerecorded and recordable minidiscs are made the > same way. Actually, they're not. Prerecorded discs are made from a different material and are stamped like CDs, rather than the magneto-optical material needed for recordable discs. However, the data is laid out in exactly the same fashion. > It sounds like the Gescom boys have physically placed the > tracks in a random-type order on the disc (rather than > recording them on the disc straight through in a contiguous > fashion, i.e. 3 follows 2 follows 1, etc.). You can get the same > sound/motion of the playback head if you use random play or > move tracks around. This is exactly the explanation I was going to posit. Pretty cool idea, I think. Try *that* with yer CDs. -- Adam J Weitzman NewsEdge Corporation Welcome to my signature. http://www.newsedge.com Please wipe your feet. http://www.newspage.com