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Subject: Record companies and digital media
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Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 14:31:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 12 14:31:42 1983
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In the current issue of the Computer Music Journal (v7n3), in the notes
and announcements section, the followinng appeared (reprinted without
permission):

SONY PLANS DAC AND ADC SALES

In a recent interview in Electronics magazine, Norio Ohga, the newly
appointed president of Sony Corporation and a former opera singer,
revealed that Sony plans "large-volume sales of standard
analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters" (ADCs and DACs) in
the near future.  Asked if Sony planned to introduce digital compact
cassette tapes, Ohga replied: "If consumers copy compat disks onto
[digital] tape, they will have better recordings than the 38 cm/sec
open-reel [analog] tapes formerly used as masters. The record companies
would go out of business." This was given as a reason for Sony to
"tread carefully" in this application.

Respectfully submitted,
Chris Kent, Purdue CS Dept.