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Article: Now you can mix your own audio CD: Software from Adaptec even lets you pick songs from tapes and LPs.
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- Information Today
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- March 1, 1998
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Audio CD should be close to the heart of anyone dealing with CD-ROM technology, as audio CD--now also known as CD-DA (for digital audio)--paved the way for CD-ROM technology. Although the audio CD was not an overnight success in the early 1980s, it became the darling of the music industry and of most music lovers after its first year in existence. The quality and convenience of the digital audio disc made it by far the most preferred music medium.
For a long time, CD-ROM players could not play audio CDs, whose songs, while in digital format, are not in computer file format. Many computer users wanted to play music from their CD-ROM drives while working at their ...