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On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:37:11 -0000, "Siii" <siii@freenet.co.uk> wrote:

>hmm..don't want to split hairs but its not *proper* full duplex is it..if
>you record at 16 bit, you can only monitor at 8 bit (telephone line) 

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Actually, the "duplex" term dates from the days of analog telephony,
and "full duplex" only indicates that  "send" and "receive" take place
at the same time, as opposed to "half duplex" where only one direction
is possible at a time.  It has nothing to do with bits of resolution,
but it's true that there is a reasonable expectation of symmetry...
I guess people would have been pretty upset if the old analog
telephone conversations had more distortion in one direction
than the other!  So while Creative's use of "full duplex" is fully
proper by the old hair-splitting definition, it's really a marketing
gimmick to cover a product weakness.



Bob Masta
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