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> "Daryl O." wrote:
> >
> > I've just accessed the link from the community page to Video Direct
> > Distributors' page regarding the new Sony MDS-JB940, and one feature
> > particularly piqued my interest: a long-play mode that "[c]aptures up to 5
> > hours, 20 minutes of stereo music on a single 80-minute MiniDisc." Does
> > anyone know anything about this? Discs recorded in this special long-play
> > mode couldn't possibly be compatible with older decks, right?
>
> I have a Sony MDS-JE530 deck, and this unit has Pitch Control. This
> means you can play back slightly faster or a lot slower, 1/16 of the
> original speed is no problem at all. (I mean for the deck, not for the
> listener :-)
> I have a computer with a digital connection to my deck (duplex), so if I
> have a wave file (16 bits 44100 Hz, stereo), I can convert it to 11025
> Hz, and play it back as if it is a normal 44100 Hz wave file.
> Effectively playing it back at 4x normal speed. When I record this on my
> deck, I can play the recording back at the right speed with Pitch -24
> (1/4 of normal speed). The quality is still surprisingly good. No noise!
>
> I see (hear!) three problems with this:
> - 1. With the conversion from 44.1 to 11.025 kHz you lose all the sounds
> above +/- 5500 Hz,
> - 2. ATRAC reduces the high sounds also. I mean if you have a 5 kHz
> tone, than ATRAC will treat it as a 20 kHz tone.
> - 3. Recording at 1/4 of the normal speed, also means only 1/4 of the
> information that is normally recorded can be stored.
>
> My guess is that the JB940 only has problem 1 and 3 in long-play mode.
> If the recording in long-play mode is achieved by converting the
> compressed (ATRAC) data, than problem 2 doesn't exist.
>
> So, I think that long-play tracks can be played back in all decks, but
> only decks with pitch control are able to play it back at the right
> speed. :-)
>
> I also think recording in long-play mode would be great for portable
> units. Imaging recording 10 hours of lectures in mono on a single
> 74min59sec MD. If Sony would sell such a unit (without end search button
> of course), it would make MD famous even in the USA ;-)
>
> Niels
Hoi Niels,
According to Rick, it uses ATRAC3. So ALL of the problems you describe don't
apply.
Cheers,
Ralph -> One of the other Dutchman on the list!
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