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Originally Posted by the1Hub I think DSD will get more and more use as time goes on. first as (and if) tape goes the way of the dodo there will be demand for higher quality digital recording. also as processing performance increases you will see more and more use of DSD daw. we all ready are starting to see the first albums recorded and mixed all to DSD with units capable of playing back and recording of more then a few tracks at a time. and as file sharing software contiues to cause losses of profits for the record companies i think you will see a shift to formats like SACD that have very strong copy protections built in. |
Maybe, but to me the problem starts with a public thats more eager to spend their hard earned $$$$ on ipods and PSPs than on a high fidelity home system. Fewer and fewer people listen to music as an activity, most people listen to music as background noise when working out, driving, etc.
If nobody I know who is going to buy my album has a SACD player, why should should I (or my small label) spend the extra $$$$ for a dual layer disc? Especially seeing as though all the music is recorded and mixed in PCM.
Don't get me wrong, I think the DSD technology is very promising, it sounded great in my limited experience with it, and I would love to embrace it. But I have to let Sony/Phillips do the heavy lifting for me by getting these SACD players into peoples homes and cars, selling them on the back their huge backlog of classic analog recordings that can be remastered in DSD.
By the time everyone has a SACD player, hopefully DSD recording and mixing will be as simple and cost effective as PCM is now.