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RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording?

About the technique used: not exactly.

First, a D2D recording is of a whole side of a disk at once. Here it was, at most, a movement. True DSD recordings are, generally, not edited. (Most SACDs, which carry DSD files, are not originally DSD recordings, merely PCM recordings edited and converted to DSD for the SACD.)

Second, when recording to tape if there is a mistake made by the musicians it is my guess that they stop and re-record. Absolutely no reason not to. The pressure is not the same as for a D2D, nor for a public performance.

For a true D2D the lathe (and likely more than one) keeps going and the "take" is really taken, and for the duration of the side. Otherwise thy have to throw out the whole side (all of lacquers) and start all over.

A whole different ball game!



Edits: 01/02/23

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