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

[Chris Bransden]

On 03/10/06, Age Bosma <agebosma at home.nl> wrote:
> Chris Bransden wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> That might go for CD releases yes. But as far as I know not for LP's.
> LP's are non-digitally mastered at some stage. A different person then
> goes digitally mastering it to put it on CD. A different process which
> is likely done by a different person.
> That's why I think it's important to make the distinction in case of an
> LP on CD release.

but why do you need to specify if it was digital or not? CDs will
always have been been digitally mastered, vinyls analogue (actually
i'm sure at least some modern vinyls use digital technology during the
mastering but i've never seen one say so much on the cover),

a digital remaster isn't a remaster of the the analogue vinyl master,
but rather the original recorded/mixed tapes. ie, the person who
originally mastered the vinyl version gets no credit on the remaster,
as his work has been discarded.

you CAN remaster the vinyl masters, but it's pretty rare and sounds
crappy. doesn't normally happen unless someone lost the original tapes
:)