arron11196
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Posted: Sep. 13 2007, 06:55 |
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For those of you interested in the CD specification side of things...
Again, my usual disclaimers, this is information gathered from various sources and due to the fact that I am human, it may be completely wrong. But anyway...
Apparently, when the CD was first being developed, it was more a question of "how much length shall we have?" as apposed to how much will the technology allow. The group designing the CD were Sony and Phillips, both major players at the time, and they went on to create The Red Book Standard which defines the CD and its TOC very accurately.
When sitting around the table it was originally suggested that the CD be 60 minutes long. Then, a Sony representative decided that the format should be able to cope with a full lengh version of Bach's 9th Symphony, played at realistic speeds. This was accepted and the initial standard was for 74 minutes.
Its interesting to note how many albums never quite reach that limit; Incantations being a case in point, i think it just about fits on an extended CD (80 minutes) with all 4 parts intact. The Red Book standard was deftly ignored and avoided by the first lobby of copy protection mechanisms (I refer you case in point to Tubular Bells 2003) and had previously been tampered with, whilst still within the bounds of the technology, to have dual format discs (where data is either the first or last track and the remaining tracks are normal CD audio)
That's as accurate as I can remember, so please don't quote me as being textbook unless you consider me a professor or something .
-------------- Arron J Eagling
Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature.
(insert the last 5 mins of Crises here)
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