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From: stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: digital recording and analog intersteps - a question
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Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 14:05:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 20 14:05:19 1984
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	A couple of weeks ago somebody expressed an interest
	in the method used to convert Telarc's digital masters
	from the Soundstream Digital Tape Recorder sampling
	frequency to Compact Disc sampling frequency.

	Well, according to the technical information enclosed
	with the Compact Disc version of Stravinsky's "Rite
	of Spring" (Lorin Maazel & the Cleveland Orchestra):

	"During the recording of the digital masters and the
	subsequent transfer to disc, the entire audio chain
	was transformerless.  The signal was not passed through
	any processing device (i.e., compression, limiting, or
	equalization) at any step during production.
	"Sampling frequency conversion of Telarc's Soundstream
	digital master to the Compact Disc format was accomplished
	with the Studer SFC-16 sampling frequency converter.  The
>>>	digital information was not subjec to any analog intersteps,
	thus preserving the integrity of the original digital master."

But what about the microphones? Aren't they considered analog devices?

Michael Stimac