ATRAC CD
An ATRAC CD is a
(Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) family of proprietary audio compression algorithms.Description
ATRAC CD was used with SonicStage Simple Burner software (Ver.1.0 / 1.1) in February 2003,[1][2] and was subsequently replaced with SonicStage in 2004. The new CD Walkman product was called "ATRAC CD Walkman". In the following year (2004-2005), ATRAC CD boombox was introduced, as a new product.
CD (Linear PCM) | ATRAC[4] | ATRAC3 | ATRAC3plus | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bitrate | 1411kbit/s | 292kbit/s | 132kbit/s | 64kbit/s |
Data size (One 4 minute track) | 42.33MB | 8.77MB | 3.97MB | 1.94MB |
Number of Tracks Recorded into CD-R (700 MB) | About 16 tracks | About 79 tracks | About 176 tracks | About 360 tracks |
Software for burning ATRAC CD
The ATRAC CD can be burned with SonicStage Simple Burner Ver.1.1, SonicStage 2.x to 3.x and SonicStage CP. This software is able to create a disk image from MP3 files and compact discs and can be burned with the included CD-R/RW drive on a computer.
Format | Bitrate | Songs (Estimated at 4 minutes / song) |
---|---|---|
ATRAC3plus | 48kbit/s | 490 Songs[4] |
ATRAC3plus | 64kbit/s | 360 Songs |
ATRAC3 | 66kbit/s | 350 Songs |
ATRAC3 | 105kbit/s | 220 Songs |
ATRAC3 | 132kbit/s | 170 Songs |
ATRAC3plus | 256kbit/s | 90 Songs |
See also
- Walkman
- SonicStage
- ATRAC
- OpenMG
- Hi-MD
References
- ^ Quick Reference Guide - SONY USA
- ^ SONY D-NE1 Catalog
- ^ "Sony Global - ATRAC - Overview". www.sony.net. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ a b "ATRAC" here refers to the SP mode used in the MD format.
- ^ "SONY D-NE10" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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