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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

218.0. ""ADD" : myth or reality?" by ELUDOM::CLARK () Sat Nov 30 1985 11:22

I understand, in theory, that there are "ADD" CDs, that is, analog recording,
digital mixing, and digital mastering.  However, I've yet to see (in my few
weeks of CD buying) a single CD labelled "ADD".

Are any manufacturers actually releasing "ADD" discs?

-- Ward

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
218.1		ORPHAN::WINALSKI	`Sat Nov 30 1985 15:32`	12
	I just looked through my entire CD collection. Most of the CDs are older ones that don't carry any designation. Of the few that do carry a designation, most are AAD, with a couple of DDDs. I DID find one ADD recording. The 3-CD Archiv Produktion Compact Disk Edition of the J. S. Bach Orgelwerke/Cembalowerke with Ton Koopman (Organ) and Trevor Pinnock (Harpsichord) has two DDD discs (the organ stuff). The third disc, the harpsichord stuff, has one DDD track. The rest are ADD. Apparently, they were recorded with analog equipment, released first on LP, then re-mixed digitally and re-released on CD. --PSW
218.2		ORAN::ORAN	`Sun Dec 01 1985 09:32`	10
	I have at least one "ADD" also - a recording of Renaissance and Early Baroque Dance Music on Archiv. The master was made back in 1972/73 and remixed for CD in 1984. It is amazingly quiet for such an old recording - I have to conclude that either the original master was astoundingly good or that digital remixing really does help keep the hiss down. /Dave Oran
218.3		AKOV75::BOYAJIAN	`Mon Dec 02 1985 08:19`	4
	Of the disks I have that are coded, hte only one that is ADD is Kate Bush's HOUNDS OF LOVE. --- jerry
218.4		KATIE::KINMONTH	`Mon Dec 09 1985 14:33`	2
	Does London's designation ADRM mean ADD? See also note 217.11
218.5		AKOV75::BOYAJIAN	`Tue Dec 17 1985 01:46`	16
	I'm not sure where this response should go, but I found something interesting the other day. As some of you may have noticed, Warner Brothers has the habit of putting a disclaimer on their CD packages that says something on the order of: "We caution you that this recording was made on analog equip- ment and the increased audio quality of the CD may show the limitations of the source." Well, the other week, I happened to pick up PIRATES (Rickie Lee Jones' second album) on CD, and this disclaimer appeared on the lower right-hand corner of the back of the package as expected. However, on the lower left- hand side, not two inches away, was the statement that the album was recorded on a 3M multi-track digital recorder. (Well, I got a kick out of it!) --- jerry