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The Green Hornet
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Stan Williams
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Huh ?
Oh, I was talking about those old internet free drinks !
Oh, I was talking about those old internet free drinks !
Nilbog
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My 2 cents -
Most people don't really understand how ATRAC works. I have read in multiple places that this is how it works:
The sound audible to the human ear is NOT compressed. It is the sound that is inaudible that is compressed. I don't know if it has changed to become this way in recent generations, or if it was always this way. But I used to think the inaudible sounds were just CUT out, and they sound you could hear was compressed. That's not true.
So anyway, the point is, what you can hear, is not compressed. It's what you can't hear that is compressed.
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Most people don't really understand how ATRAC works. I have read in multiple places that this is how it works:
The sound audible to the human ear is NOT compressed. It is the sound that is inaudible that is compressed. I don't know if it has changed to become this way in recent generations, or if it was always this way. But I used to think the inaudible sounds were just CUT out, and they sound you could hear was compressed. That's not true.
So anyway, the point is, what you can hear, is not compressed. It's what you can't hear that is compressed.
-N
bvaleria
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Nillbog -- yes... except the problem is in determining exactly what is audible, and what frequencies will be overshadowed or "masked out" by other frequencies/levels (making them inaudible). Compared to the original ATRAC version, they've improved that determination to a great degree, but there is still some measure of compromise between sound quality and storage space required for the sound.
It still is a lossy compression scheme so sound quality will ALWAYS suffer to a degree, and can never compare to a full-frequency/full-level recording media such as DAT.
Bruce
It still is a lossy compression scheme so sound quality will ALWAYS suffer to a degree, and can never compare to a full-frequency/full-level recording media such as DAT.
Bruce
Nilbog
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other digital media such as photgraphs and videos get away with 25 to 1 compression with almost no noticable loss.
I agree that it's NOT the same as DAT, but I think it is comparable. I think it's already proven itself by having people buy it instead of DAT systems.
I agree that it's NOT the same as DAT, but I think it is comparable. I think it's already proven itself by having people buy it instead of DAT systems.
bvaleria
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Sorry Nilbog, I don't agree at all... they are definitely NOT comparable.... I can instantly hear the difference in an A/B comparison between an MD recording and the same song on say DAT or CD...Nilbog said:
The MD is ABSOLUTELY a big step up from cassette multitrack, or even 2-track cassette decks... but comparable to DAT or CD... sorry, no way...
And comparisons between compression schemes in audio vs. other media types is totally apples and oranges.
(But hey, I'm not trying to discourage you away from MD - whatever works for ya, dude!)
Bruce