Re: [ARSCLIST] Mono CD transfer

["Steven C. Barr" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> At 09:58 AM 6/25/2004 -0400, Robert Hodge wrote:
> >Which makes me think , is there such a thing as crosstalk ( or any of
it's
> >permutations ) on a CD,or any other digital format ?  If  not , could one
> >disc be used to store twice as much audio in a " half track " monaural
> >mode ?  I realise that each independant channel would have to be
> >transferred to each channel at the same time .
> There is crosstalk on playback, but only at a negligible level, well below
> the noise in any monaural source likely to be used.
> I have made such dual-monaural recordings and, indeed, have some
commercial
> releases. For most purposes, the problem of index marks is prohibitive,
> where that of single-channel playback is simply inconvenient. (When the
> commercial releases were on the market, a three-CD set came with a channel
> selector switch to be installed between CD player and preamp. Needless to
> say, even with the lower price, it did not prove popular.)
Reading this, I realize what the catch is (as compared to my "artificial
4-track" tape recordings of 78's. CD players have to know where each
"track" starts and ends, so they can jump to a specific song!

Two questions:

1) Does a "music" CD-R have to have the internal database as well in
order to be playable as music?

2) Is there any way to defeat this feature?

Oh, and 2.1, which is more or less related...
Is there any way to view the byte content of a musical CD or CD-R?
I thought I could do it by putting it in my CD-ROM drive, and using
the DOSSHELL file viewer...however, as soon as I put a music disc in
the drive, it immediately plays it and insists it contains no data...
...stevenc