master disc

They were never taken off of the master discs.

Surprisingly it wasn't picked up before the master disc was made.

This could be due to an improper mastering disc used to press the vinyl.

A record cutter would engrave the grooves into the master disc.

Early versions of these master discs were soft wax, and later a harder lacquer was used.

Most sound recordings for records prior to the 1950s were made by cutting directly to a master disc.

Each side was performed live (without an audience) all the way through, and cut directly to the mastering disc for greater audio fidelity.

The recording is mixed live and transcribed to the master disc as it is being performed.

He has been responsible for producing the master discs from which many vinyl records have been pressed over the last 40 years.

Multiple source discs would be carefully cued up, then parts of each in turn were dubbed to a new master disc.

After a set of master discs is dropped, the recording artists are gathered with each providing a portion of their composition.

In the acoustic recording era, each master number was preceded by a letter that indicated the size of the master disc.

The master disc is then electroplated with nickel to form a positive disc known as a 'mother'.

Edison Diamond Disc Records were made by recording directly onto the wax master disc.

This only exists on Photo CD Pro Master discs.

Prior to the cutting of the master disc, the master tape was often subjected to further electronic treatment by a specialist mastering engineer.

This was done by making fine adjustments to the amplitude of sound at different frequency bands (equalization) prior to the cutting of the master disc.

'And the master discs?'

As the DMM master disc is already made of metal (copper), this step is not required, and its faults are avoided.

The DMM copper master disc can be plated to produce the required number of stampers using the one-step plating process.

These top-quality blanks were intended for cutting the master discs that would be electroplated to create stampers (negative metal molds) for pressing ordinary records.

It had been found that a monocell divided not only its substance but gave its total experience, as a master disc will make duplicates, to its offspring.

Most of the material released on the label was from master discs leased from Gennett Records and Paramount Records.

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Creating CD/DVD Master Disc (02:12)