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The Disk Drive as an Audio Recorder

The following tutorial paper describes how a block-structured mass storage device, such as a Winchester disk drive, may be made to function as part of a digital audio recording and editing system: the so-called -tapeless recorder-. It outlines the principles of random access sound file storage and buffering, together with a discussion of digital audio requirements and the historical precedent for disk recording.

Author: Rumsey, Francis
Affiliation: University of Surrey, U.K.
AES Conference:UK 4th Conference: Hard Disk Recording (HDR) (May 1990)
Paper Number:HDR-03 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Hard Disk Recording

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