James Jarvie wrote:
> Here's a happy thing: this afternoon when I showed up
> at the radio station where I work part-time (WWFM -
> classical radio network), the chief engineer pointed
> out to me the newest piece of equipment - a Sony
> MDS-E12 MINIDISC deck. There's one in the on-air
> studio and there will soon be one in the production
> studio.
>
Two of my daughters have "worked" on college radio stations. Don't
laugh. Since college stations don't have the financial pressures of
commercial stations, they are often very good. You can often hear home
grown music and music that a commercial station would never play because
of fear that they would not attract a large enough audience.
Traditionally commercials and public announcements are recorded on
"carts" (cartridges)? Is that what they are called? Mini Discs offer
the advantages of carts in that if you only record a specific audio clip
on a mini disc that's what it will play each time it is inserted.
It has the advantage of not having to be a continuous loop, like tape
and is digital. Mini Discs should have taken off big time at radio
stations. They, in my humble opinion, would have be an advantage over
CDs.
Since FM radio is cut off at 15,000Hz anyway, I doubt that anyone would
notice if the stations was using CDs or an MD copy. With their compact
size and protective jackets, mini discs are far superior to CDs.
The more I think about it, the more amazed I am that MDs did not replace
CDs as the source of consumer music collections. With the exception of
compression, it seems to me that the mini disc has it over the CD in
EVERY other area.
Lets not forget that you have been able to record on MDs from the day
they were introduced. "Burning" CDs is relatively recent compared to
the MD.
If someone were to make a comparison table of all types of recorded
media, the mini disc would end up with the post pros. Think about them
compared to records, reel to reel, 8 track, cassette, HiFi video tape
(should we even bother to include the DCC?). DATs and CDs.
Larry
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