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ATRAC Version Quirks and Incompatibilities
MZ-R3 Track Combinding Glitch The MZ-R3 is not always able to erase a track mark once it is made. I once accidentally hit "track…
ATRAC Version Table
Showing correspondance between ATRAC Versions and MiniDisc units. (Based upon information in the February '96 and August '97…
ATRAC: Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding for MiniDisc
Kyoya Tsutsui Hiroshi Suzuki Osamu Shimoyoshi Mito Sonohara Kenzo Akagiri Robert M. Heddle Sony Corporate Research Laboratories…
ATRAC: Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding for MiniDisc
Kyoya Tsutsui, Hiroshi Suzuki, Osamu Shimoyoshi, Mito Sonohara, Kenzo Akagiri, Robert M. Heddle Sony Corporate Research Laboratories 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 Japan Reprinted from the 93rd Audio Engin
Decreasing Distortion over ATRAC Generations
Elektronikvaerlden (The Electronic World), Sweden, Issue 6/97 Bertil Hellsten A 100 Hz square wave can reveal how well a data…
Digital Audio Communications: ATRAC and ATRAC2, page 1
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FAQs
MiniDisc FAQs Why MiniDisc Using MiniDisc NetMD and USB Community FAQs About the Wiki Archived FAQs Sony Europe FAQ (1997)
Format Listening Tests: CD, MD (ATRAC 4.5 & 3.0), MP3, VQF, RM
Guy Churchill ([email protected]) Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:12:22 +0800 Initial impressions and final report on A/B listening tests…
Hearing Sharp ATRAC
Brad Craigjoh May 1999 I bought my Sharp MD-MS722 about 8 months ago and after using it for a while I started hearing the…
Hi-MD FAQ
Archived from minidisc.org, January 2004
HS Disk Technology
High-Density MO Disk Drive SystemHS (Original page at the Sony site) HS Technology Contents Laser-strobe magnetic field…
Magic's Place - Idiots Guide to ATRAC
The Idiots Guide to ATRAC ����This guide is aimed at those who want to get a very basic idea of what ATRAC is about. More…
Magneto-optical & MiniDisc
For Magneto-optical data disk & MiniDisc� production: SDS 100 and SDS 131 The SDS sputtering systems feature: - High throughput…
MD technology
MiniDisc Technology The creation of the MiniDisc system began in 1986 and required the refinement of several technologies…
MDCP: Minidisc Related Patents
Minidisc Related Patents Eric Woudenberg July 2001 Introduction The Minidisc related patents that follow were found by searching…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04516258: Bit allocation generator for adaptive transform coder
US04516258Bit allocation generator for adaptive transform coder AssigneeAT&T Bell Laboratories Assign./FiledMay 7, 1985/ June…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04608676: Apparatus for optically reproducing an information signal from a record disk
US04608676Apparatus for optically reproducing an information signal from a record disk AssigneeSony Corporation…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04858217: Optical disk recording and reproducing device
US04858217Optical disk recording and reproducing device AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledAug. 15, 1989/ Nov. 16, 1987…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04862439: Recording device that identifies recordable areas of a disk record
US04862439Recording device that identifies recordable areas of a disk record AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledAug. 29,…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04907216: Optical record carrier having position indentifying track modulation
US04907216Optical record carrier having position indentifying track modulation AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04910622: Over write capable magnetooptical recording medium
US04910622Over write capable magnetooptical recording medium AssigneeNikon Corporation Assign./FiledMarch 20, 1990/ May 10, 1988…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US04932016: Apparatus and method of recording and reproducing data using a disk
US04932016Apparatus and method of recording and reproducing data using a disk AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledJune 5,…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05003521: Optical disk discriminating device
US05003521Optical disk discriminating device AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledMarch 26, 1991/ Aug. 18, 1988…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05012461: Disk recording apparatus for re-establishing a recording mode at a desired address
US05012461Disk recording apparatus for re-establishing a recording mode at a desired address AssigneeSony Corporation…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05038231: Recording and reproducing apparatus which repositions table of contents information from one area to another on the medium
US05038231Recording and reproducing apparatus which repositions table of contents information from one area to another on the…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05050145: Optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus having faster reproducing speed than recording speed
US05050145Optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus having faster reproducing speed than recording speed AssigneeSony…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05058096: Disk recording/reproducing apparatus and disk recording/reproducing method
US05058096Disk recording/reproducing apparatus and disk recording/reproducing method AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledOct.…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05109417: Low bit rate transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio
US05109417Low bit rate transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio AssigneeDolby Laboratories Licensing…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05142521: Recording/reproducing device
US05142521Recording/reproducing device AssigneeSharp Corporation Assign./FiledAug. 25, 1992/ May 25, 1990 InventorsTerashima;…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05142656: Low bit rate transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio
US05142656Low bit rate transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio AssigneeDolby Laboratories Licensing…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05148417: Tracking jump compensator for optical disc reproducing apparatus
US05148417Tracking jump compensator for optical disc reproducing apparatus AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledSept. 15, 1992/…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05153861: Recording/reproducing device
US05153861Recording/reproducing device AssigneeSharp Corporation Assign./FiledOct. 6, 1992/ Dec. 13, 1989 InventorsMaeda;…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05166686: Variable length block coding with changing characteristics of input samples
US05166686Variable length block coding with changing characteristics of input samples AssigneeNEC Corporation Assign./FiledNov.…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05197087: Signal encoding apparatus
US05197087Signal encoding apparatus Assigneenone Assign./FiledMarch 23, 1993/ July 18, 1990 InventorsIwahashi; Naoto,…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05214631: Disc recording/reproducing apparatus having a servo system capable of successively recording and reproducing tracks on a disc irrespective of turbulence of the servo system due to a disturbance
US05214631Disc recording/reproducing apparatus having a servo system capable of successively recording and reproducing tracks on…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05222054: Seeking operation control apparatus in an optical disk reader
US05222054Seeking operation control apparatus in an optical disk reader AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd. Assign./FiledJune 22,…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05222189: Low time-delay transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio
US05222189Low time-delay transform coder, decoder, and encoder/decoder for high-quality audio AssigneeDolby Laboratories…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05224087: Apparatus for recording compressed digital information to an optical disc
US05224087Apparatus for recording compressed digital information to an optical disc AssigneeSony Corporation Assign./FiledJune…
MDCP: Patent Abstact US05235623: Adaptive transform coding by selecting optimum block lengths according to variatons between successive blocks
US05235623Adaptive transform coding by selecting optimum block lengths according to variatons between successive blocks…