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Recording eight digital audio channels on a single magneto optical disk

US5493547A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1993
Grant dateFeb 20, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2525
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for recording onto or playing back from a magneto optical disk eight channels of digital audio data. Eight channels of serial audio data, for example in a AES/EBU format is converted to parallel data and provided to one or more buffers via a DMA controller. After buffering, the data may be recorded onto a MO disk via an SCSI.

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