[PStamler]

Actually, there was at least one commercial "direct to disc" CD issued, in the late 1980s or early 1990s. They got around the problem of the musician(s) having to play perfectly for 74 or so minutes by using a Yamaha MIDI Grand piano. They miked it simply, used very little processing, and converted to digital onsite; they then sent the digital signal via a digital connection to the CD manufacturing plant, which cut a glass master from it. The theory behind all this was that a recording cut that way would contain less jitter than a conventionally recorded CD. Which is horsefeathers, but someone spent a lot of money and time doing this. I have no idea what the music was or how the disc sounded.

Peace,
The Other Paul (Stamler)