minidisc

[Goddard, Duncan]

>>>BTW Wavelab bit depth calculation proves the MD records all 20 bits onto disc.<<<


? how does it do that, then? 

most of my misgivings re this format are subjective; I didn't bother to learn all about atrac coding when it first appeared, I read as far as "and this part is thrown away because this other part is happening at the same time and it's louder so no-one will notice if that first part's not there anymore and that, boys and girls, is how we get 16 bits down to 4.....". 
"bollocks," I thought to myself, "but it'll be ok for walkthings". then when I got one and listened to some familiar stuff, it sounded like it had been remixed in a subtle but significant way. but as I said before, the very thing that makes it an inferior reproducer (and I'm being picky) make it useful for live recordings- it seems to filter out the things that your ear would filter out, which I suppose was their point. it's just that as a reproducer, it filters out too much..... 

d.



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