From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!randvax!sdcarl!lin Newsgroups: net.music Title: Digital Techniques Article-I.D.: sdcarl.496 Posted: Wed Jul 7 17:43:13 1982 Received: Sun Jul 11 03:02:28 1982 Digital recording is still high-priced for the consumer. Last November at the Audio Engineering Society trade show in New York, Sony demonstrated a digital audio system. For two channels the price was $50000. Several commercial recording studios were interested in purchasing multitrack systems, even given the price.