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From: burris@ihopa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Improper mixing on pop CDs?
Message-ID: <110@ihopa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Nov-83 10:50:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  8 10:50:32 1983
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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Analog album pressings require a mastering engineer to cut the
master disk on a cutting lathe. This engineer has control over the
equalization of the signal which is used to operate the cutting head
of the lathe to obtain what he feels will make a good pressing. This
is considered an art and each mastering engineer develops their own
philosophy about how this should be done.

The CD technology eliminates this step of the process, thus
eliminating the mastering engineer. There are various opinions of
whether this is desirable or not. The advantage is that the
mastering engineer can compensate somewhat for a master tape which
he feels is poorly equalized. The disadvantage is it adds at least
one more person's opnion of how it should sound before it reaches
the final product.

-- 
	Dave Burris
	..!ihnp4!ihopa!burris
	AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il.