Re: [microsound] cdr jitter etc/cd labels

[jan larsson <moskvitch@xxxxxxx>]

Jitter will not make a disc unplayable. It will just distort the =20
musical message.

One can always discuss how important jitter and other quality aspects =20=

are. I would say that normally by not caring about all this (how to set =20=

levels, not using dithering etc) you are limiting the range of =20
expression that is possible ... but is this important with =20
microsound/eam/sonicarts type releases?

If you are releasing as MP3 then that process will remove 90% of your =20=

information based on a model that you always have one dominant sound =20
source in the mix (when they designed it they were thinking pop singer =20=

here) and the majority of your audience will listen at a computer with =20=

a relatively high level of noise (hard disk, fans). Maybe one should do =20=

different mixes. One for MP3, one for CD and one for live performance =20=

(or RealAudio-streaming).

If you are interested in understanding jitter and other technical =20
aspects of digital audio (and how they apply to music) then Bob Katz =20
site is a good start:

http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=3D11/pmdmode=3Dfullscreen/=20
pageadder_page_id=3D18/

l=F6rdagen den 21 december 2002 kl 06.24 skrev dkl37@xxxxxxxx:

> Nor have I had problems with "jitters"; and my CD player was made in
> 1992, and was a moderately priced deck at the time with only a 4x =20
> sample
> rate. Now, on the otherhand, dust has been a problem, but that occurs
> with any kind of disc.							=
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