I don't think you could do this with the SACD format. However, no reason this couldn't be done as a
2-disc package, one being a regular stereo CD and one being a DVDR data disc with the tracks as WAV
files or a Protools session. I am surprised someone hasn't done this as a publicity stunt -- "Remix
My Trax, Dude" with a contest or something tied into a slow-selling concert tour. Of course, even a
DVDR would only hold a couple of short tunes of 24 WAV tracks at CD resolution.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Shoshani" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Quad and SACD (was Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning)
> Tom Fine wrote:
>
>> But then, finally, the hybrid capacity comes on line and what uses most of the manufacturing in
>> the world for the first few months (at least according to numerous accounts I've heard)?
>> 2-CHANNEL remasters of the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan 1960's catalogs! Back to the future, SACD
>> as a "superior stereo" format again, yet most people bought the discs to play on regular old CD
>> players. By the time that dust had settled and variety of hybrid discs with 5.1 SACD and 2-ch CD
>> layers were on the market, consumer interest in the format was gone and the number of universal
>> DVD/SACD players was limited, plus there were no-name Chinese DVD players at Wal-Mart for $35 in
>> time for Christmas.
>
> You know what would be very interesting is to produce a hybrid SACD with a "normal" stereo mix
> plus the separate multitracks. As I type this it just dawned on me that your mother did exactly
> that with the Mercury Living Presence SACD issues...
>
> Admittedly, the Mercury Living Presence SACDs were only THREE tracks :D, but there have to be some
> pop music fans-cum-gearheads who would love to be able to try their hand at remixing some
> venerable 4-, 8- 16- or even 48-track masters in their home studios.
>
> Michael Shoshani
>
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