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Dimitrios what ever happened to the CD you were shopping [message #84527]

Mon, 14 May 2007 09:01

Rich[3]
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Registered: January 2006

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; melody
>>> that I'm used to in McCartney? Even the melodies seem missing. And
>>> that
>>> NOD song seems just plain dumb.
>>>
>>> Bill

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Re: Dimitrios what ever happened to the CD you were shopping [message #84535 is a reply to message #84527]

Mon, 14 May 2007 10:15

Dimitrios

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Registered: August 2005

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"mailto:excelsm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Leopard is really looking cool, and it's still only $129.00. Safari
is
>>now
>>>on Windows. Apple is making some moves. More to come!
>>>
>>> http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/11/steve-jobs-live-from-wwdc -2007/
>>
>The Paris ADAT cards only pass 20 bits. Trying to send 24 bits thru them
would truncate each digital word to 20 bits. The questio

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Re: Dimitrios what ever happened to the CD you were shopping [message #84536 is a reply to message #84535]

Mon, 14 May 2007 10:42

Neil
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Registered: April 2006

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n is whether or
not the low level info that lives in the least significant 4 bits is noticably
to anyone besides newborn children and dogs (none of whom would probably
care!).

gantt

"wireline" <nospam@dogbreath.gov> wrote:
>
>OT to your question, but..
>
>Not sure I follow why you would lose 4 bits...ADAT is ADAT, and to the best
>of my knowledge there are no ADDA convertors that go above 24 bit...can
you
>elaborate on how/where you would lose bit information?
>
>FYI: 20bit recordings have a dynamic range around 106 db or so...far greater
>than CDs, tape, etc, so the only one who would really notice would be you,
>and then only if you looked at your bit metering....
>
>
>
>"Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>Anyone have any experience w/ these? I'm thinking about picking up a used
>>one for doing remote recording. It has direct analog outs and ADAT outs
>>but if I run the

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Re: Dimitrios what ever happened to the CD you were shopping [message #84540 is a reply to message #84536]

Mon, 14 May 2007 11:22

Dimitrios

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Registered: August 2005

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antt
>>
>James--
yeah, the thing seems to whine a bit at times,
but it was always quieter than the HD that came with the mac--
i took off the jumper (j50), which was supposed to allow the Maxotr
to turn into a slave, and then the Maxtor didn't show up
at all!! not even in the system profiler.

i regret that i don't understand this stuff more.
but thanks to you--
jp

"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I think a FireWire case would be a better bet. Those old G3s only had the
>slower USB v1.
>
>Back to the question, does the drive make any noise?
>
>James
>
>"Aaron Allen" <know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>>Hey JP.. I have another idea. Buy a cheap USB case and stick the drive
in
>
>>it. Boot another computer and plug it in. See if you get the same results.
>
>>This eliminates completely it being your mac IDE bus. Also, I don't know,
>
>>but is it possible to boot that machine from USB? Might be something else
>to
>>try and having a USB removable IDE-> USB is really not a bad thing.
>>
>>AA
>>
>>
>>"jp" <jpj@jpjones.net> wrote in message news:466aed12$1@linux...
>>>
>>> the technical answer to this is a little beyond me--

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Re: Dimitrios what ever happened to the CD you were shopping [message #84545 is a reply to message #84540]

Mon, 14 May 2007 14:16

TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007

Senior Member

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Re: Dimitrios what ever happened to the CD you were shopping [message #84546 is a reply to message #84540]

Mon, 14 May 2007 14:26

Don Nafe

Messages: 1206
Registered: July 2005

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