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Convention Paper

The Development of the Digital Compact Cassette System

Authors: Owaki, Isao; Saito, Susumu; Nakamura, Shinji

AES Convention 71 · Paper 1861 · March 1982

Abstract

This paper describes a digital compact cassette system utilizing a regular compact cassette. Having two audio channels and operating at a tape speed of 7.14 cm/sec, this system enables recording and playback in both directions of tape travel. It is a compact PCM magnetic recording system equipped with a user's bit of 4.8k Baud in its frame format. The audio signal is quantized at a sampling rate of 33.6 kHz and recorded onto four tracks per audio channel with a powerful error correcting code. This system is designed to operate at a linear density of 46.29k bpi (1.82k bits/mm) and a track density of 158 tpi.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 71
AES Convention
71
Paper number
1861
Publication date
March 6, 1982
Session subject
Digital Audio Hardware
Affiliation
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yamato, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper