Method for producing a high definition analogue audio storage medium
AssigneeRebeat Innovation GmbH
InventorsGünter Loibl, Volker Schmidt
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Abstract
The present invention provides a computer-implemented method and an apparatus for manufacturing an analogue audio storage medium wherein digital audio data is converted into topographical data representing an analogue translation of the digital audio data, and a laser beam is selectively applied to a substrate to form a physical imprint of the topographical data on the surface of the substrate to create an analogue audio storage medium. The medium may be directly playable on a conventional playback device such as a record player and/or used to mould further playable mediums. The invention thereby enables more efficient manufacturing of e.g. vinyl records and consistently ensures a much higher quality of analogue audio.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method of manufacturing an analogue audio storage medium, the method comprising:
- converting digital audio data (13) into topographical data (21) representing an analogue translation of the digital audio data,
- selectively applying a laser beam (16) to a substrate (1) to form a physical imprint (2) of the topographical data on the surface of the substrate to create an analogue audio storage medium.
The method of claim h wherein the step of converting comprises importing the digital audio data into CAD software (21a) and translating the digital audio data into analogue data using the software.
An apparatus for manufacturing an analogue audio storage medium, the apparatus comprising:
- means operative to convert digital audio data into topographical data representing an analogue translation of the digital audio data;
- means to selectively apply a laser beam to a substrate to form a physical imprint of the topographical data on the surface of the substrate to create an analogue audio storage medium.
A computer-implemented, non-transitory storage medium with instructions wherein, when the instructions are executed by a processor, cause the following method steps to be performed:
- converting digital audio data into topographical data representing an analogue translation of the digital audio data, wherein the topographical data is suitable for selectively applying a laser beam to a substrate to form a physical imprint of the topographical data on the surface of the substrate to create an analogue audio storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.