@JonOlick @Jonathan_Blow @nothings @GrumpyHook Yeah CDs were regular 2-channel 16-bit PCM. Of course they were weird because of alignment.
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Replying to @cmuratori
@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@nothings@GrumpyHook And because they are physical and all that, so devices kept introducing more "oversampling".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@nothings@GrumpyHook Idea being that if you took, you know, 8 samples per slot, you'd guess better as to 0 or 1.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook Second item in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter#DAC_types …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook I may be misremembering, but I specifically remember a discussion about laser oversampling.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@nothings@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook Early CD players had less samples per "pit", so couldn't read discs as well as later ones.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nothings@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook But I can't find it now, so maybe I am hallucinating.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@nothings@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook maybe you are thinking about the forward error correction? 14 bits per byte1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@won3d@nothings@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook No, I may have made it up in my head, but I distinctly remember an article...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@won3d@nothings@JonOlick@Jonathan_Blow@GrumpyHook It was like, "at first, they only read the laser at twice the pit rate, but later..."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@won3d @nothings @JonOlick @Jonathan_Blow @GrumpyHook "... they would read at 4x, 8x, etc. to be more tolerant of physical damage".
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