<!--QuoteBegin-sandstorm+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sandstorm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Records and CDs are very similar. The main difference is that records use vibrations from a needle touching the surface, while CDs use the reflection from laser light. Analog probably makes more sense on a CD, since they don't get worn out as fast as records. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Audio on a CD, well anything on a CD is in 1s and 0s of a specificed size, there is no analog.
Audio on a vinyl record, is read by the groves being longer/shorter to reproduce said sounds more naturally. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I thought I had implied CDs were not analog media, but I guess I wasn't clear enough. I meant they were a better media for analog signals than records, due to the method that it uses to read data.
<!--QuoteBegin-sandstorm+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sandstorm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Most computer components use digital signals because they have far more precision, even though analog holds far more data in the same space. This is because analog signals change, due to various forms of interference and imperfection in the transmission materials. This isn't really a big issue with video/audio, but it definitely would be with, say, executable code. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Computer components use digital because you can fit more digital 1s and 0s then you can fit on an analog medium, like audio cassettes. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Computers can certainly store digital data on analog cassette tapes. Even using modem-type techniques, they never got it beyond several MB. A 90 minute sound file stored in a few MB isn't going to sound any better than just recording it in analog. Also, an analog tape player is far cheaper to build.
The digital format, in general, is a bandaid for our use of inferior materials. In a perfect world, we would have super-conductors, fully-shielded cables, atomic storage, etc. If we had things like these, we wouldn't need to waste our CPU's time with compression and error correction. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Jun 2 2005, 11:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Jun 2 2005, 11:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Cereal KillR+Jun 2 2005, 07:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal KillR @ Jun 2 2005, 07:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know if it can be translatable. All that the needle does is vibrate as it goes in the grooves, creating sound. It's not 'translating' anything, therefore you cannot 'translate' bits into sound. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Um... modem? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm no techie, but I'm thinking that what a modem does is decomposing the data, then sending each "stream" as a sound following a certain language, or backwards. However, the record is directly music and cannot be decomposed. That's why on a digital file you can seperate each channel, but not on an analog file.
I don't even know if I make sense. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-sandstorm+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sandstorm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
Records and CDs are very similar. The main difference is that records use vibrations from a needle touching the surface, while CDs use the reflection from laser light. Analog probably makes more sense on a CD, since they don't get worn out as fast as records.
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Audio on a CD, well anything on a CD is in 1s and 0s of a specificed size, there is no analog.
Audio on a vinyl record, is read by the groves being longer/shorter to reproduce said sounds more naturally.
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I thought I had implied CDs were not analog media, but I guess I wasn't clear enough. I meant they were a better media for analog signals than records, due to the method that it uses to read data.
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Most computer components use digital signals because they have far more precision, even though analog holds far more data in the same space. This is because analog signals change, due to various forms of interference and imperfection in the transmission materials. This isn't really a big issue with video/audio, but it definitely would be with, say, executable code.
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Computer components use digital because you can fit more digital 1s and 0s then you can fit on an analog medium, like audio cassettes. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_audio_cassette' target='_blank'>Cassette Tape</a>
Computers can certainly store digital data on analog cassette tapes. Even using modem-type techniques, they never got it beyond several MB. A 90 minute sound file stored in a few MB isn't going to sound any better than just recording it in analog. Also, an analog tape player is far cheaper to build.
The digital format, in general, is a bandaid for our use of inferior materials. In a perfect world, we would have super-conductors, fully-shielded cables, atomic storage, etc. If we had things like these, we wouldn't need to waste our CPU's time with compression and error correction. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Um... modem? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm no techie, but I'm thinking that what a modem does is decomposing the data, then sending each "stream" as a sound following a certain language, or backwards. However, the record is directly music and cannot be decomposed. That's why on a digital file you can seperate each channel, but not on an analog file.
I don't even know if I make sense. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->