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In article <1992Dec17.080854.671@shawn.uucp> root@shawn.uucp (Mark Jeghers -- UNIX/X/Motif Contractor) writes:
>Are audio clips generally driven by audio files, or does some 
>audio tracks get played directly from the CD player?  If direct
Both are possible.  Most applications use audio files from the
CD-ROM. However, some applications (where quality is important)
use CD-Audio (Microsoft Beethoven, for example).

>from the CD player, would there be some particular cabling
>arrangement between, say, the CD audio and a soundcard?  Is
Yes.  The MPC specification requires this cabling (it is called
mixing).  All the audio sources (MIDI synth, waveform audio and
CD-Audio are mixed by the hardware to one output port (ports
for stereo) to make it easy to connect speakers, etc.

>there typically any integration of the two (e.g. to sample some
>audio from the CD, etc) ?

Quality is usually the deciding factor.  MPC specification has
22Khz at 8bits as the standard.  If this is not high enough
quality (and you are willing to give up the space on the CD),
CD-Audio is much higher quality and will play on every MPC system.

>
>Pardon the ignorance in my questions, it's the only way to learn
>sometimes... :-)
>
>Thanx,
>
>Mark Jeghers
>408/281-4823 [voicemail]
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