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Recording eight digital audio channels on a single magneto optical disk

US5691966A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1995
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2015

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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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