Articles highly editorial in nature by JD Mars, Producer of Digital Pro Sound

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The Role of the Compressor in the Digital Studio, by JD Mars. Examining our options and the inherent differences in design and use of analog compressors over digital (software-based) compressors may help us determine which choice is best.

An Open Letter to the Digital Pro Sound Community, by JD Mars, DPS Producer. December, 2000.

Surround 2001 Conference in LAStereo's Death Rattle Can Now Be Heard in 5.1 ... and What? 6.1? by JD Mars. Once you go surround, you can never go back. This was the general consensus at the "Surround 2001" 2nd International Conference & Technology Showcase in Los Angeles this past December 8 and 9, the 'cry heard round the land' if you will.

Should I Worry About 96kHz? Is It Hype, or Will It Change My Life?, by JD Mars. Every time I've heard 96kHz discussed, it is always in terms of the higher frequency range that a higher sampling rate offers. That always leads to the discussion, "but we can't hear above 20kHz... or can we?

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In-sync wordclock square waves

The Synchronization Chronicles, Part 1 ... Told in a story-like form, this article deals with the differences and related sync issues with SMPTE and wordclock.

The Synchronization Chronicles, Part 2 ... Here, the story is fully told- or is it? A continuation of studio synchronization issues.

The Synchronization Chronicles, Part 3 ... One good sequel deserves another. A deeper discussion of the basics of synchronization ensues in Part 3, and will continue soon in Part 4.

Console Talk, Part 1
... In this age of hard disk recording, specifically computer based hard disk recording, the nature of how we get “signal to tape” has changed radically ... Console Talk, Part 2 ... The saga continues, grows, and festers in Part 2 ... Console Talk, Part 3 ... Keeping Track of the Players and the Playing Field. A computer based hard disk recording system has routing built-in to the software. We tell the recorder, our computer, what the source is, rather than tell our source signal what the target is.
My Digital Evolution ... This is an introductory article- a statement of "where I'm coming from," if you will.

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