Digital Compact Disc
Demo
Price $115.00, Includes full instrumentation,
male lead and background vocals
The Compact Disc was intended
as a replacement for phonograph records. It's smaller design and lighter
weight construction has many advantages. It's sound quality is far better
than that of the records that Compact Disc replaced although, their are
some audiophiles that would argue the point of the LP. But when it comes
to cold hard audio data the LP can't compete with the CD. The CD's specs
far exceed any attempt by the LP or cassette.... Hands Down! The
cost of the first generation compact disc players made it to expensive
at first but being that compact disc was aimed at the consumer market from
the start, made the price fall all through 1980's.Very popular with home
entertainment buyers, CD is now the reference standard that all other formats
are judged by. For this reason EastCraft has elected to offer this format
to it's clients. The Compact disc offers better performance than cassette
or LP 
which
gives the recording better impact and clarity. Being that the Compact disc
is digital it has no inherent noise or hiss..... very clean. To compare
the best grade cassette tape to Compact Disc is to compare black and white
to color. The noise floor on a premium grade cassette is roughly about
60 to 70 db. Compact Disc offers a noise floor of better than 100db. To
put this in to perspective, cassette tape with a 60db noise floor will
offer noise that is 1000 times lower than the strongest signal level present
on the tape. The Compact Disc with better than a 100db noise floor will
offer noise 100,000 times below the strongest signal level on the disc.
That's a noise decrease that is 100 times better than the best cassette
tape. This is not to mention the huge increase in dynamic range and much
lower distortion.
Compact Disc also has another very important advantage over all other formats. It will not degrade with use. Compact Disc, if maintained and cared for will sound exactly the same after 1 million play cycles. Try this with a cassette or LP. Compact Disc contains digital codes that a laser reads during play back. The laser doesn't harm the CD and therefore causes no damage. The data that the standard CD contains is 16bit audio. This allows a CD, a theoretical noise floor and dynamic range of about 110db and frequency response of 20hz to 20khz although, most recordings never achieve specs that good. The 20bit world has come and gone and with 24bit audio up and growing, I see some changes that will take place in the future although, the CD will still be the standard, the CD's playing equipment will have to change to keep up with the advances. Compact Disc, when manufactured, are stamped by a die, much like the LP records of the past. EastCraft uses a CD recorder that "burns in" (with a laser), small pits and dashes that the laser in your player will read. The blank CD's that EastCraft uses are referred to as CD-R's (Compact Disc Recordable). Their cost is more expensive than a cassette, mini disc or computer data CD-R. Their format is the same as a standard CD and is compatible with all audio CD players.
EastCraft recommends that you have your demo mastered on either Compact Disc or Mini Disc. Compact Disc will sound just as good as mini disc.You can then enjoy the full benefits of digital sound and can make cassette copies that sound as good as if they were being mastered straight from the multitrack.
If you have any questions or
comments feel free to contact me : scarboro@ac.net
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