Additional Information
MD Disc Types
There are two types of MDs: Premastered (prerecorded) and Recordable (blank).
Premastered MDs
Premastered MDs, which have been recorded at music studio, can be played back like regular CDs. On an MD of this type, data is recorded as the presence or absence of tiny pits. A laser beam focuses on the pits on the surface of the MD and reflects the detection back to the lens in the MD recorder. The MD recorder then decodes the signals and plays them back as music. This type of MD is called an “optical disc.”
Recordable MDs
Recordable MDs, which use
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Premastered MD | Recordable MD |
ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding)
The MD provides 80 (max.) minutes recording and playback time, more than that of an audio CD, but in a diameter of only 64 mm. This ability to store such a large amount of data is the result of ATRAC, an audio compression technique developed for MD. This technology cuts out faint sounds that would not be heard by the human beings. This technology, based on human sensitivity to sounds, reduces recorded data volume up to about
UTOC (User Table Of Contents)
Found only on recordable MDs, this area contains
UTOC enables us to search tracks quickly and edit tracks on the MD.
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