Re: [ARSCLIST] Dolby B in software

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

There wan an external box with Dolby B encoding/decoding.  Keep checking
ebay.

Steve Smolian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Z Snyder" <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:52 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dolby B in software


> Has anybody ever written the Dolby encode/decode algorithm in
Windows-based
> software?
>
> The question arose when a friend of mine told me about some orphaned Dolby
> B-encoded tapes. These apparently are reel-to-reel and without calibration
> tones. Granted, without the calibration tone, decoding of the tapes would
be
> pure guesswork. However, a computer-based program would at least allow
> non-real-time experimentation so that a plausible reference level could be
> established.
>
> Aaron Z Snyder