XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: mrivers@d-and-d.com   
      
   On 11/24/2010 7:26 AM, Arny Krueger wrote:   
      
   > IME most of the most important advancements in audio engineering first saw   
   > the light of day in professional equipment.   
   >   
   > For example, digital audio was used by professionals for audio production   
   > for the better of a decade before it was acessible to consumers.   
      
   This is true with recording equipment, but then consumers   
   never were all that enthusiastic about recording beyond   
   copying their LPs to cassettes to play in their cars. CDs,   
   on the other hand (remember, they're digital) were quickly   
   embraced by consumers before they ever dreamed of being able   
   to record them at home. And for the first 10 years or so,   
   most CD source recordings (what we call "masters" today)   
   were analog because studios couldn't afford the digital   
   equivalent to their multitrack, and even 2-track recorders.   
   Even when projects were delivered to the pressing plant in   
   PCM format on videocassette, editing was done on analog tape.   
      
   It was the AdLib and similar computer audio cards (the   
   SoundBlaster was second generation) that finally brought the   
   cost of computer based digital recording to the neighborhood   
   recording studio. Before that, it took a $5,000 box from   
   Yamaha to record 2 digital tracks on the PC's disk drive.   
      
      
      
   --   
   "Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be   
   operated without a passing knowledge of computing, although   
   it seems that it can be operated without a passing knowledge   
   of audio." - John Watkinson   
      
   http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com - useful and   
   interesting audio stuff   
      
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