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Re: [ARSCLIST] Lossy compression losing quality (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio and the Milllennials . . .)
Howard Friedman wrote:
Mike,
Sorry to beat a dead horse, BUT--
When a recording company transfers music from, say, a 78rpm, acoustic or electric, to a CD, what file format does it actually transfer?
Recording companies do what they please. The straightforward way is to
digitize at 44.1, 16 WAV; then to edit the WAV; then to record directly.
In general, that's what I do as a serious amateur. However, they may
record with more than 16-bit depth so that they can edit freely without
losing bits when ultimately converting to 16 bits. They may digitize at
more than 44.1 ksps - though as far as I can tell there's no advantage
to the downsampling that has to follow.
All of the above is for digitizing any analogue source headed only for
CD-DA. The difference between source formats (e.g., 78, master tape) is
in the editing.
Now, one more time: Whatever file format ends the process, it is written
to CD-DA by the disc mastering program. It seems to me inevitable and
advisable that that last file is in redbook format.
Mike
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