Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Tape Hiss on Telarc CD's? Message-ID: <588@petrus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 01:31:22 EDT Article-I.D.: petrus.588 Posted: Mon Sep 23 01:31:22 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Sep-85 03:21:42 EDT References: <366@eneevax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 7 Assuming what you weren't hearing wasn't actually in the recording studio (e.g., a noisy air conditioner) then it was probably thermal noise in the analog electronics ahead of the A/D converter in the digital recorder. Microphone preamps and mixers aren't completely noise free, especially if you crank up the gain when miking from some distance away. Phil