Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong, Computing Services) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Controlled compression, etc Message-ID: <526@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 12:13:54 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.526 Posted: Fri Oct 19 12:13:54 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 11:27:14 EDT References: <86@azure.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18 I guess somewhere along the way, I never mentioned that the compression system was being researched for professional digital recorders. CD's have, as pointed out by many, more than enough dynamic range for home use. However, transfering the master to the CD deals with signal levels that are known and can be previewed. Professional systems need more dynamic range than a home system to make sure that saturation of a digital system NEVER occurs during a recording session. It also guarantees that any added noise, mixing tracks in the presence of a dither signal, does not lead to audible noise in the final product. Herb... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa BITNET: herbie at watdcs,herbie at watdcsu