the SACD authoring software that exists (afaik) costs BIG bucks..., the kind of money a studio working w/this technology would have to plunk down.
if said software was available, it would be just like burning PCM to disc. nothing lost or gained, just playable media. I would love that to come through.
Come on' Korg!!!!!
SACD is Sony/Philips. the chances of it appearing on the consumer market (editors, authoring.etc) are slim to none, i'd guess.
the DSD protocol is a little more open...owned by Sony/Philips/and some Japaneses scientists. Perhaps the WSD protocol will be a little more of a viable option (I dont know the nuts and bolts of the difference, its the same resoution...probably the equiv. of a .bwf file vs. .wav.
Now, i may be incorrect in my info here, but this is how I understand it.
Playback options suck.
1. dither to PCM, it does sound great...but i'd rather listen to the raw DSD files as they sound better.
2. play files off the deck. MR1 sucks. still sounds great, but I know it is using inferior parts in this signal path. MR1k, no comment...but I would assume its a little better on the playback side of things.
3. Tascam DSD recorder...can't recall the model, the "1000". this can be had w/a hard drive in it and I bet it would make a wonderful "deck" for storing and playing these raw files. I dont know if its networked though..which would be VERY cool.
4. I'm sure there are sound cards out there that support DSD/WSD and any other 1bit format. But finding them...and affording them...that is the next step in my research.
