AW: OT: mastering

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Ah, I gotcha, Rainer. You're absolutely right, creating a CD master can 
literally be a hands-off process. Thanks for explaining that.

more OT: I was lucky enough to be at the mastering session for the vinyl 
single my band put out (analog from tracking all the way to the end...). 
Amazing thing, to watch the groove getting laid down on that huge master 
disk, the engineer watching with a microscope to be sure the bass didn't 
swing the cutting head too wide. It was a total indulgence - I think we 
sold 30 out of 500 pressed - but I'm so happy I did it.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com

>> Er...no. It's neither automated nor non-creative, unless 
>> you're referring to the process of simply running it through 
>> software which can be done with some basic results. Mastering 
>>     
>
> Here, we're using different terminology. I was referring to the process 
>of
> taking a red-book-compliant digital source and using that to make a glass
> master (hence the name "mastering"). This process
>       a) will always work if the source is red-book compliant
>       b) has no parameters to adjust
>
> Both a) and b) were/are not true in the world of vinyl.