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From: franceee@pebbles.sct.clarkson.edu (Eric E France)
Subject: Re: Mailbag
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1991 12:52:58 GMT
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Chris sez:
> Chris here,
> 
[stuff]
> 
>   American CD's of English artists are never made from the original master
> tapes due to the obvious risks of transporting irreplacable masters across
> the ocean. So, many tapes were made from so-called "safety masters" or dubs
> of the masters. It's not possible to make the fragile glass CD masters in
> England and transport those either. Another problem with some master tapes
> is that U-Matic (3/4") video-tapes are used as the mastering medium for CDs
> and I believe that PAL versions are used in English studios. Still another
> problem many older CDs share is that the sub-master tapes were "pre-EQed"
> for the preceived limitations of the LP medium. All in all, any given
> recording will sound better when produced in the artist's home country.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gack! AAccck! Barfff! Haven't these morons ever heard of DIGITAL STORAGE?
If they have CD masters in Europe then they a have already done the
A-D conversion (surely?).  They could transfer the data over to any of
a MILLION FORMS of tape, disk, eprom, core, etc etc and ship that (or just
spit it over the PHONE LINES!!!)  Sufficient coding algorithms would make
the chances of the slightest garble virtually IMPOSSIBLE (damn there goes
that caps lock again).

?????????    <-- mass confusion

Eric France
francee@fshvmfk1.iinus1.ibm.com
franceee@pebbles.sct.clarkson.edu