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From: magickal@dorsai.dorsai.org (Bill Carbonelli)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Reading Audio CD's Direct (now you get real great samples)
Date: 28 Feb 1994 07:29:11 GMT
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Rogier Hofboer (rhofboer@knoware.nl) wrote:
: Hi everybody,

: It is possible to Read the data on an CD-AUDIO disc. I've asked microsoft 
: about it , they gave me the CD-ROM extensions programming Docs. 
: I use the READ LONG commando, and I read in RAW mode. 
: Now i get data from an audio-cd!!!!
: (it is 16-bit 44.1Khz Stereo signed data)

: If you want more info on this, or get a FREEWARE program that handles this
: function. Contact me at rhofboer@knoware.nl

: Bye, Rogier Hofboer

I don't know about the PC, but there's already AMIGA software to directly play
the audio off an audio CD directly through the SCSI bus... Works perfectly...
For sampling, well, just try to compare a STRAIGHT digital sound to one that's
going through all the wires and amps and such... 8)

				Bill
				magickal@dorsai.dorsai.org