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Multi-Channel Recording on Winchester Disks: Improving the Channel/Minute Ratio

Authors: Kulick, Jeffrey; Pennycook, Bruce; Pearson, Eric; Guimond, Marcel

AES Conference: 7th International Conference: Audio in Digital Times · Paper 7-020 · May 1989

Abstract

The acceptance of the -tapeless studio- throughout the industry has been slow due to a variety of performance factors associated with Winchester Disk systems as the primary recording media. These factors include, overall transfer bandwidth, maximum density and storage time, disk interface characteristics, backup mechanisms and data formats. However, disk-based recording offers certain significant capabilities beyond tape systems, especially random access, virtual track storage and interactive track slipping. A new disk IO system is described which provides maximum disk performance at reasonable cost per channel-minute.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 7th International Conference: Audio in Digital Times
Paper number
7-020
Publication date
May 6, 1989
Session subject
Audio in Digital Times
Affiliation
D.M.A. Image & Audio Systems, Inc. Montreal, Quebec,Canada ; Eric Pearson & Marcel Guimond CVDS, Inc. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper