[sdiy] OT: Scratchy CDs

[harrybissell]

Hi Michael (et al)

I have had almost zero success at 1X...   2X works much better for me
in my brain-dead old windows machines (like a 6x86 and a P1-223)

H^) harry

Michael Boracci wrote:

> Gents,
> I read yet another article in TapeOP magazine about burning Cds for
> pro-audio. According to the article, burning at 1x on critical audio CDs
> reduces errors dramatically. ( Sorry, but my brain is toast and I can't
> think of any jargon to throw in there.:)) However, at the very least jitter
> errors are greatly reduced and apparently there is a lot more "digital
> headroom" so the error correction facilities do not have to work as hard.
> The same goes for disc-to-disc direct transfer. I have noticed a major
> improvement when using cheap CD-R media at 1x. When using excellent media
> the sound appeared to be more harmonically rich when burned at 1x. It just
> takes forever.
>
> MB
>
> Really great magazine with regard to DIY-recording, analog recording, studio
> grade project building.
> http://www.tapeop.com
> Free Subscriptions too, if you subscribe on the web.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of john mahoney
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:57 AM
> To: Ingo Debus; synth-diy
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: Scratchy CDs
>
> > > The error correction process for an audio CD ...
> >
> > Does this error correction also work when a track is "ripped" (or
> > however it's called) via a CD-ROM drive in a computer? ...
>
> Eerror correction is part of the Red Book spec for audio CDs. So yes, it is
> there on writeable CDs, too. The usual burn errors are not due to a simple
> lack of error correction code.
> --
> john
>
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