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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: List of fully-digital (mastering, etc.) CD's requested
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Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 13:38:32 EDT
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Summary: New code needed?

Re the CD code of "DDD" not guaranteeing freedom from hiss and suchlike
analog-derived defects, due to the digital master being made from analog
tape that might be "n"th generation:

Mayhap we need a new code, like "DDDD" or "Completely Digital" ["CD"!]
that means that there were never *any* analog intermediate stages at all
between the initial A-to-D conversion after the air-borne sounds created
microphone voltages (or electronic devices generated signals that fed
into the mixer board) and the D-to-A conversion in your home CD or PCM
player device?

That is, all recording, editing, and mix-down/processing/sweetening/whatever
was done in the digital domain. No analog conversions and redigitizing
of any kind ever happened (of course, there would be D-to-A for
monitoring; these converted signals would then only be listened to, never
re-recorded).

Is this possible with current technology? If possible, is it so
expensive, or the equipment so rare or hard to use, that it is very
seldom done? Are there any commercially-available recordings that would
qualify for this designation currently available?

Will