Only on the 5% of recordings that are recorded analogue anymore.
Raab
component records
www.mindstorm.com/component
----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 5:55 PM
Subject: [idm] why digital is bad
quoted 38 lines analogue facts:
> analogue facts:
> * an analogue signal contains an infinite amount of data.
>
> * a finite amount of data is lost when transferring an analogue signal
> from one analogue medium to another.
>
> * subtracting a finite amount of information from an infinite source still
> yields an infinite amount of information.
>
> * a record has lost a finite amount of data every time you play it, yet
> still retains an infinite amount
>
>
> digital facts:
> * a digital signal contains a finite amount of data.
>
> * an infinite amount of data is lost when converting an analogue signal to
> a digital one.
>
> * if transferred digitally, no data is lost when transmitting digital
> information from one source to another, but you will never get the
> infinite amount of lost data back.
>
> * a cd is actually missing an infinite amount of data compared to
> an analogue recording of the same material.
>
> don't you feel like you've been cheated?
>
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> String Theory : Digital Music for Humans
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>
>
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