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Analogue vs digital

• Needs to be converted from analogue → digital (eg FLAC, MP3) via converter to a file that the PC can read
• Analogue medium: Stores music in an object being physically altered to produce sound
• Examples
  • • A tape recorder changes the magnetization of magnetic tape in a cassette tape to record sound. Plugging a tape deck into a recording device makes a digital copy of the analog cassette tape.
    • A record cutter carves grooves in a vinyl record to make a physical representation of the sound. Ripping vinyl through a preamp and into a sound card makes a digital copy of the analog vinyl
• Allowed
  • Vinyl (always)
  • Cassette under strict conditions

Digital

• Already encoded as a PC readable format
• Digital medium: object storing music in digital files (a binary number string)
• Examples
  • • CDs
    • DVDs
    • Super Audio CDs (SACD)
    • WEB store downloads (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
• Allowed
  • after using spectral analysis to check for lossy transcodes