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Subject: Twenty generations of DAT copies...
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Date: 6 Mar 91 13:50:31 GMT
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See Mix, April 1991...

A maniac at Mix magazine took selections from the Prosonus reference
disk and other sources, and used a pair of common pro DAT recorders to
make *NON-DIGITAL* copies back and forth on virgin tape for *TWENTY*
generations.  A panel of three "golden-eared" producers were unable to
reliably distinguish approximately one third of the material from an
original (one-generation) source DAT.  The author indicated that this
result renders some of the current hoopla regarding SCMS (and digital
copies) moot.  Interesting?





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David Tristram			
1661, tristram@sgi.com		True words seem contradictory.