Re: (RL) All set for TT's!

[Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>]

ewlloyd@neta.com wrote:
> The only issue I can think of in your case is recompression distortion. 
> When you expand an MP3, then recompress it, the compression artifacts tend 
> to get more pronounced. Hopefully, ATRAC and MP3 are different enough to 
> avoid or at least mitigate the problem. Also, you're probably recording to 
> your PC through analog anyway, so that should smooth it out some more.

I've heard other MD recordings (including one I did myself with a 
borrowed unit of Nepalese musicians), and heard nothing in the way
of digital distortion or artifacts.  I'm not saying it can't happen,
but I haven't heard it myself, and I'm willing to deal with it for the
convenience of the recording.

Yes, I'm going to the PC in an analog fashion.  While I have S/PDIF 
ports on my soundcard, I didn't see any MD recorders that had digital
out that were in my price range.  There was a version of the MZ-R70 that
had a USB port on it, but that was strictly for downloading music to
the MD, and didn't work the other way!  (There goes Sony again, assuming
they know what I use the device for.  Remind me to go into my rant on
how Sony and the RIAA effectively killed DAT in the home studio some
time :)

Well, off to work, then to Boston!


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                    Joe Hartley - jh@brainiac.com
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