Klarinet Archive - Posting 000744.txt from 2000/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Audio CDs
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:32:27 -0500

>
> Ben Maas mused,
>
> > Huh?! Pardon me for being the dumb recording engineer, but the
> last time I
> > checked a blank CDR is a blank CDR. They cost about
> $1.50/each... What is
> > the deal with these "audio CDs" that have had this fee levied on them?
>
>
> El Cheapo regular blank CD/Rs or CD/RWs cannot be used in a stand alone
> CD burner. The audio CD disks have an extra track that tells the
> recorder that a fee to the Recording Industry Crocodiles has been paid -
> hence the higher price. The industry wanted to do the same thing years
> ago with audio and video tape, but were unsuccessful.

I use a stand alone CD burner for reference CD's of concerts I record and I
can use *any* kind of disc in them... I guess it is a consumer thing. Pro
gear generally has no copy protection schemes.

--Ben
Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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