| What's a red book? | Wednesday, 30 May 2001 Red Book is often described as a standard but it is also infact an actual document created in 1980 by Sony and Philips. By Bella Tu Read on | |
What's a red book?
It is said that the original document was bound in red covers, hence its name. Subsequent CD standards documents have followed suit with color names; Green Book, Orange Book, White Book, Yellow Book. Red Book specifications formed the basis for all later CD technologies and specifies the format of the CD-DA (Compact Disc - Digital Audio) such as tracks, sampling, coding, sector and block layout. The CD-DA is defined as a content medium for 16 bit, 44.1kHz digital audio. The actual physical characters of the disc are also defined in the Red Book, including the material make-up and data allocation within the disc. MORE INFORMATION:
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