The Logic Off Topic list

marc lindahl:

> While something similar is theoretically possible with analog,
> in practice there wouldn't be enough copies around to even try it.

Amusing anecdote: Bruce Swedien reports that there were over a hundred mixes
printed of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". They ended up going with mix #2.

>> The problem with all of the storage solutions that digital audio sponges off
>> the computer industry is that no one in computer R&D has market pressure
>> driving them to think about making storage that lasts decades or centuries!
> 
> True, but there is a small and growing movement even in the biz sector as
> records are digitized, people are starting to wonder what's going to happen
> to them.

The movement of critical servers to nuclear bunkers is a harbinger of things
to come, perhaps.

>> It can be done, but will it be done?  Risky thing to assume.
> 
> Another approach that I alluded to above is to make many copies at the time,
> and ideally distribute them geographically.  THere's more to archiving than
> media longevity -- what if the building burns down!

"Off-site storage" is where it's at! ;)

-- Marvin Humphrey
Mastering Engineer and Graphic Designer, emeritus
CD design website - http://marvin.mrtoads.com