gman_g Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Can someone explain what makes a recording a true Digital recording? I understand that when I record live music the sound is being captured by microphones that pass the signal to the MD which I assume the DA converter kicks in and saves the data digitally. Now, we can pass through to Sonic and make Wav files for recording. Great! When I try to record music via my minidisc that is from an optical or digital stream I get “No Copy Digital”. How is this any different? Was the original music source not recorded via analog microphones and converted to digital?Pardon my ignorance, but I’m really trying to understand the difference. I hope I’m asking this the right way. I really would appreciate an explanation is anyone care to spend the time.Thanks Again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Everything that is on a Minididsc is in fact digital - an MD can only hold (representations of) 1's and 0's and that's it. It's how it gets there that makes it a 'digital' or analogue' recording. As you say, line in/mic in = 'analogue'. Optical in = 'digital'.What you have come across there is SCMS copy protection which means you're trying to make a digital recording of a 2nd generation source - ie. a recording which has already been copied 'digitally' once on a CD or MD etc. from a 1st generation original.Some commercial CD's already have SCMS protection pre-built in to counteract piracy. Any line-in/mic-in recording is treated as 1st generation.You can still record the source via analogue connection, or using an SCMS stripper or some 'professional' equipment ignores SCMS restrictions... Usually, you'll just have to make do with analogue recording... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Regarding recordingIf you record from an analogue source, the HiMD's A/D Converter has to take the analogue wave form and convert it into a PCM digital source before it can compress or save the data digtially.if you record from a digital source via optical in, the source does not send a wave form through the wire but rather the digital PCM source. What this means is instead of having to use the A/D converter to turn something analogue into digital it just takes the digital information straight. 1s and 0s are sent down the wire and then save on the disc in the same way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananatree Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Question:"What is true digital recording?"Answer: Not possible We live in a analog world so technically it is impossibly to record something completely digital. Then again, you can create something digital, and make it music or sounds, but then you aren't really recording it.And yes, to concur with KJ and Rombusters USB and TOSlink methods of uploading are all digital, so should be without loss due to interference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMBUSTERS Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Question:"What is true digital recording?"Answer: Not possible We live in a analog world so technically it is impossibly to record something completely digital. Then again, you can create something digital, and make it music or sounds, but then you aren't really recording it.←lol I think he meant skipping the theory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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