XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   "Arny Krueger"  wrote in message   
   news:s5WdnWrFR5QOOvrQnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > Remember that digital recording was applied to the production of LPs up to   
   > nearly a decade before the release of the first CDs. This was done so that   
   > when the CD format was finalized, it would be possible to exploit its   
   > sonic and practical advantages from the start.   
      
   Actually it was mostly done as a pont of difference from other techniques   
   being used at the time to try to improve the sound quality of vinyl. Half   
   speed mastering, Direct metal mastering, and Direct to disc recording were   
   all being tried to improve sound quality, as were those early digital   
   recorders (and video interfaces). That the digital recordings could be more   
   easily transferred to CD when it was released was only a minor benefit IMO,   
   since ANY transfer was still relatively easy compared with the problem of   
   actually making a CD master disc and pressing consumer discs in the very   
   early days.   
      
   Trevor.   
      
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