[mb-users] Digitally (re-)master AR attribute

[Chris Bransden]

the 3rd 'D' stands for digital mastering - i think it's always digital
mastering for CDs (the end result, after all, is a digital file!) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS_Code

On 03/10/06, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I always thought that all cds don't have to be digitally mastered. AFAIK
> digital mastering is supposed to be what explains the difference between AAD
> and ADD (although I have at least one CD marked AAD and "digitally
> remastered and remixed" :-/) I imagine there was a time when digital
> mastering was probably more expensive and there were far less people trained
> in how to do it than analogical, but now I suspect the reverse is true.
>
> 2006/10/3, Chris Bransden <chris at whenironsattack.com>:
>
> > IMO it's always the same process. whether or not it's "digital" or not
> > depends on the time it was done (i imagine all CDs have to be
> > digitally mastered, no?), and they probably don't even bother
> > mentioning it for most current releases as it's pretty much a given.
> >
> > On 03/10/06, Age Bosma <agebosma at home.nl> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I came across a release which was first released on LP and later on CD.
> > > This release by 'Cuby and the Blizzards' [1] has got the person who did
> > > the digitally mastering to CD mentioned on the back cover.
> > > A lot of CD's have the 'Digitally re-mastered' label if the original
> > > release was released on LP first. Imo both 'Digitally mastered' and
> > > 'Digitally re-mastered' are basically the same. It just depends on from
> > > which perspective you look at it, the release in general or the CD
> > > release as a new thing.
> > >
> > > Currently we are able to store '{additionally} mastered' AR's but I
> > > think we should treat 'digitally mastered' as a different role in case
> > > of re-mastered releases. Therefor I think it's good to introduce a
> > > 'digitally' attribute for the '{additionally} mastered' AR.
> > >
> > > What do you think? Should it be treated differently than '{additionally}
> > > mastered'?
> > > How commonly is the info available on the cover or in the booklet? Does
> > > it matter if it isn't printed on most releases?
> > >
> > > Yours,
> > >
> > > Age (Prodoc)
> > >
> > >
> > > [1]
> http://musicbrainz.org/show/release/?releaseid=168451
> >
>
>
> --
> Frederic Da Vitoria
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