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    what do you mean ``first generation master tapes'' on a cassette deck?  who
    masters on cassettes, and where do you find these tapes?

[ I have removed sci.physics from the list ]

I have one at home.  I have friends in the recording industry, and I
was at a local recording studio a few weeks ago while they were mixing
a new release.  Standard practice these days seems to be recording on
a 24 (or so) track analog deck, then mixing down to digital via VCR.
The mixing board has a control track that sets up the mixer boards,
so it's very easy to replay a particular mix.  You can even set up
several different mixes if you want to sacrifice the tracks.

I talked the engineer into doing a mix direct from the original tape
onto cassette for me.  We used chrome tape with Dolby C.  My home
cassette deck is an el-cheapo (~$120) Technics, but I have to say
that it sounds pretty good when playing this particular tape.

The point is that they had several cassette decks in the studio, and
I got the impression that they master onto cassette all the time.
Not to send the tape to the record presser, of course, but to give
the musician something to take home, or to make a demo tape, or
whatever.