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DCC - Digital Compact Cassette Explained for Beginners : Difference Between DCC and Audio Cassette

Read the full article @ https://www.freevideoworkshop.com/dig... #dcc #audio #findouttech Today we are going to talk about the digital compact cassette or DCC. It's an improved version of the analog compact audio cassette or standard compact cassette. It was Developed by Philips and Matsushita in 1991. The DCC was positioned to rival the digital audio tape (DAT) and MiniDisc. How? By promising near-CD sound quality. The DCC has a similar size to the analog compact cassette that Philips released in 1963. Both also share the same tape speed of 4.8cm/second. The manufacturers has a way to attract consumers to embrace the digital compact cassette. DCC players were designed to play back the standard compact cassette as well. DCC decks can play digital compact cassettes and record on them. However, they can only play standard compact cassettes but not record on them. The digital compact cassette offered digital audio like the digital audio tape (DAT). But there are differences between them. The main difference is the recording method employed. DCC works on the stationary digital audio tape or S-DAT principle. DAT works on the rotary digital audio tape or R-DAT principle. The DCC is larger than the DAT. The front side of the digital compact cassette has no holes. This allowed for album cover graphics to be printed on it. A standard digital compact cassette can hold 90 minutes of music. A DAT can hold 120 minutes of music. How is high-quality audio fitted into the same tape length as that of a standard compact cassette? It is done through the Precision Adaptive Sub-band Coding (PASC) encoding method. PASC is part of MPEG-1 Audio Layer 1 or MP1. MP1 supports variable bitrates. But PASC's bitrate is fixed at 384kbps. DCC has the same sampling rate of 44.1kHz, the same as that of a CD. However, the DCC didn’t create an impact on the consumer market. Its ‘advanced’ technology wasn't widely accepted by audiophiles. The format was popular in the Netherlands. However, it didn't make a dent among US consumers. The digital compact cassette was finally discontinued in 1996.