Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD

[Andrew Hobgood]

> I just suddenly remembered something about digital sound data - the MSB is a sign
> bit. If you imagine a sine wave being fed into a system that chopped the MSB, i
> would turn into an 'm' shape..... and it still wouldn't clip.

Are you sure?  That format of the data depends entirely on the platform
on which you're doing the data transfer... most computers (in PC PCM format)
use signed word (16 bit) storage... though, some use unsigned word... 

*pondering*

ahck.  my head is broken.  I can't figure out whether or not that'd make a 
difference. =P

Although... if it is using signed word, and the sign bit gets dropped, if its
using two's complement, it'll screw up the two's-complement conversion, and 
possibly throw off the data stream.

/Andrew

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