From Jeremy Wells Sent Thu, Jun 18th 1998, 20:00
From Jeremy Wells Sent Thu, Jun 18th 1998, 20:00
> Does the quality of the disc have any bearing on the quality of > sound? With a digital recording isn't the data either 'present' or Yes it could. A bad quality disk would result in a higher data error rate. Depending on the error correction on the Midi Disk player, it may not sound different at all. Worse case, you could hear audible glitches. BTW, KAO is a fairly reputable name here in the US. > Here is the theoretical situation: I get a sample direct from a CD > and I also get a sample from a minidisc and, for the sake of > argument, cannot tell the difference between them. I then use > various filters and manipulations within a sample editor. Are the > samples going to sound the same at the end? In other words, does the > missing information from the minidisc sample (initially unapparent > to my ears) become apparent to my ears when you muck about with the > sample? Technically, the sound waveform *will* be different. Whether you will hear the difference is debatable. The Minidisk uses a loss compression scheme and will throw audio data out. The compression codec then tries to reassemble the audio close to the original--but it will never be the same. I have heard tests that when you dub from a Mididisk to Minidisk, you start hearing audible differences after the 5-10th generation. -Jeremy http://users.owt.com/conflux