[linux-audio-user] Mastering; Rezound, fir filter, digital clipping

[Jesse Chappell]

Oyvind Hammer wrote on Fri, 13-Jun-2003:

 > > > I guess the process of copying audio and data from CD
 > > > doesn't introduce any opportunity to compromise the
 > > > sonic quality of the source. Am I right or wrong?
 > >
 > > According to one guy, you're wrong.
 > 
 > Hm. Of course things can go wrong in a digital
 > transfer, but they are not supposed to. It's rare,
 > luckily, otherwise we would have even more trouble
 > than we do when we store computer files on CDR.
 > Remember that only a single bit error in a software
 > on CD will probably make your computer crash. How
 > often does that happen? (OK, sometimes it does!)
 >
 > > 'Exact Audio Copy'
 > 
 > Snake oil. :-)
 > Of course it's a good thing that it tells you if
 > you have a serious dropout on your CD - that does
 > happen. I'm sure it's a fine program.
 
The redbook audio cd format is significantly different
than a data CD.  Extraction is not as straightforward as you would
think:
  http://www.emedialive.com/EM1999/starrett7.html

jlc