Re: [ARSCLIST] Is DSD really "open"??

[Parker Dinkins <parker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 7/7/04 3:24 PM US/Central, James Lindner at jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I saw a vendor presentation yesterday where it was claimed that the DSD
> standard was "open". I was wondering if that was true. Meaning - are
> licensing fees involved if you use a DSD software based tool. Is DSD "open
> source"? Is the file format fully disclosed - and can anyone write a DSD
> file and not have any restrictions or licensing fees?
> 
> I had viewed DSD as a proprietary format and was wondering if this is true.
> 
> Also - does anyone know of software based tools for DSD - meaning a PCM to
> DSD file converter in software? I know that they are built into DAW but I am
> more interested in batch oriented tools for larger servers so I would need a
> true software based set of utilities. Do they exist??

I would contact:

Henk Veldhuis
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Product Marketing Manager - Professional AV Solutions / ProTECH
Philips IP&S (Intellectual Property & Standards)
Building SFF-8.13, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
 
Office phone: +31-40-2735433
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Email:             henk.veldhuis_2@xxxxxxxxxxx

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Parker Dinkins
MasterDigital Corporation
CD Mastering + Audio Restoration
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