Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Direct to Disk CDs Message-ID: <1000014@ea.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 13:10:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.1000014 Posted: Sun Sep 23 13:10:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 05:45:02 EDT Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #N:ea:1000014:000:671 Nf-From: ea!mwm Sep 23 12:10:00 1984 I recently listened to one of the new Sheffield CDs. This was one of their "Direct-to-Disk" CDs. While the sound was nothing special (for a CD, that is :-), it did set me to thinking. The DtoD system trades noise from the copying process for flexibility in the mix (Do DtoD systems have a mix?). Since the extra noise from a digital copy is negligible (or non-existent), this would seem to be a bad trade. However, I'm not in the audio recording business, so I can't be sure - and may be totally lost. Someone care to shed some light on the subject - say by explaining exactly what happens for DtoD recordings, both digital and analog? How about some comments?