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Re: SB Reading CD digitally?

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From: Miro Vida
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:00
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On 25 Mar 1996 07:58:54 GMT, rwi@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au (Ross Irvine)
wrote:

>
>Hi All, I have a question (or why else would I be here huh?)
>
>I have a 562 double speed CD-ROM connected to a SoundBlaster 16 ASP.
>Now the question is when I'm recording a WAV file the CD, is it reading
>and saving the sound digitally or reading the CD digitally, converting it
>to analog, then saving the analog signal digitally???
>
>To Make it easier to understand. If I record a WAV from the CD-ROM will it
>be a digital copy of the CD.
>
>Regards..
>
>-- 

It all depends on the CD Drive.
 Most SCSI CD drives are capable of direct digital audio copy, but the
562 is not SCSI.

Regards,
Miro
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