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- From: lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bruce G. Bostwick)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Dolby C
- Keywords: Dolby
- Message-ID: <84154@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 20:36:06 GMT
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- ssr@cypress.com (Bapcha/FPGA) writes:
- >gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
- >>
- >>Dolby C is dynamic, Dolby B is static. The compression effect changes
- >>throughout a Dolby C recording. As such, you *cannot* readily play it
- >>back on a machine without Dolby C, whereas you certainly can play a Dolby
- >>B tape back on a machine sans Dolby.
- >>
- >>Playing a Dolby C tape back w/o Dolby C will give, ah, less than desirable
- >>results.
-
- ^^ this is very similar to my experiences with Dolby C ^^
-
- >NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dolby B and C have similar ways of compensating
- >for the hiss on a tape (assuming a zero noise source). B compensates by
- >10dB and C; by 20dB. Hence if you record Dolby C, and play it back on Dolby
- >B, just use the treble control to cut 10dB (oh well - till it sounds less
- >"shrill"), and you'll be all set !!
-
- No, I'm afraid you're wrong. Dolby C is definitely dynamic in its
- compression -- you can hear it if you happen to play back a C-encoded
- tape without any Dolby, and less pronounced if you play back with B
- instead of C. You can also hear the effect if you happen to have C
- engaged on a non-C tape -- the compression and envelope change in
- response to high-end peaks on the tape, which does not happen with B.
- (I tend to prefer not to use C for this very reason -- it works better
- if you use C on both ends, but the results are so distressing on
- anything that can't decode C, like my wife's stereo and both of the
- decks in our cars! -- because the drawbacks and hassles outweigh the
- 10-15% improvement in dynamic range.)
-
- The companding in Dolby, incidentally, is just in the top part of the
- signal spectrum, unlike dbx (rest its soul) which compresses/expands
- the entire spectrum. B and C divide the spectrum differently as well.
-
- oh well, at least it's not Burwen system...
-
- --
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