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What is MD (Mini Disc)?
*About types of MD
‘There are two types of MD: one for playback only and one for recording and
playback
Playback only MD
Commercially
aise
pre-recorded
software
sof
his
=
.
type,
and
can
only
be
played
back
Small
disk
The
signal
is
read
using
an
optical
64 mm diameter disc is housed in a 68 x 72 x 5 mm cartridge,
pickup and played on the same optical
so there is no need to worry about it stretching or getting tangled
disc as a CD. Also, this MD cannot be
like with tape, and it is highly durable without deteriorating the
edited at all
sound quality. in addition, since the disc is housed in a cartridge, it is
MO for recording
easy to handle and is resistant to dust, scratches, and fingerprints.
Ths is 2 “raw ook” that can be recorded and played back
as many times a you lke
Digital recording and playback
It uses a magneto-optical disk and employs
MD
is
a
digital
recording
and
playback
system,
As
a
result,
it
achieves
high
a magnetic field modulation overwrite
sound quality that approaches that of a compact disc (CD) with
method
that
uses
laser
light
and
magnetism
to
‘exoraly fw nose and tortion
recor.
About ATRAC. )
Although an MD Is about half the diameter of a CD, it can record This technology allows music data to be
approximately the same length of music as a CD. This is based on the newly compressed to 1/5 without sacrificing
developed audio compression technology “ATRAC Adaptive auditory sound quality.
TRansform Acoustic Coding” based on psychoacoustic theory
What is MDLP? i ,
This is a long-time playback mode for minidiscs and is a new recording format and compress it at the same time).
(ATRAC3), There are two types: LP2 mode, which allows stereo recording of up to 160 MDs recorded with LP2 and LP4 must be played on devices that support MDLP.
minutes, and LP4 mode, which allows stereo recording of up to 320 minutes. In LP2 It cannot be played if it is not.
mode,
audio
data
Is
compressed
ino
fet
and
right
independent
sounds,
and
in
LP4
mode,
audio
This
unit
supports
recording
and
playback
of
LP2
and
LP4.
data is compressed into joint stereo (left and right sounds are combined into one)
About
quick
song
selection
(TOC)
With MD, you can search for the desired song at high speed just like with CD. What's more, with a recording MD, you
can not only find the beginning of a song, but also quickly edit the recorded song,
This is because song information is managed in a separate area from the music data
called the “User TOC: Table Of Contents.” You can delete songs or change the order of
songs on an MD simply by rewriting this TOC data
ween)
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