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From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
The essential thing to remember is that they are files just like any
other files one might deal with. The fact that they represent audio and > with
proper hardware and software reproduce sound is interesting but
irrelevant.
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Again, you will be doing the best for/by the format when you ignore that
the files may be interpreted as audio. Of course, if someone wants to
listen to the audio on conventional hardware, provision should be made
to prepare a copy in an appropriate form. That may be as MP3 files, as
another compressed format of file, as DVD-A, as CD-DA, as magnetic tape >
Is the gist of this, then, that digital audio or image files
should be the same as other digital files (databases, spreadsheets,
alphanumeric documents, programs, etc.) unless/until they are
saved in analog form using the common formats for such?
And, if so, should migration to analog form be ENcouraged or
DIScouraged...?
Steven C. Barr