Mastering and burning discs the good ol' way!

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Hard to believe one take recording was once the norm.
 
pdadda said:
Hard to believe one take recording was once the norm.
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It certainly made for better musicians and singers. When you gotta get it right the first time, you gotta get it right every time. No pitch correction or autotuners needed. ;)

G.
 
That's crazy!
Think about how much work went into getting a couple of copies of an album's worth of music. Think about how easy it is to do now.

Hmm. Is that a good thing? Not sure.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
A musician bud of mine turned me on to this great archival footage. Just thought some of you boyz might get a kick out of it too :) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKlFFp4-IE

G.
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Ha, very cool! Back then you had to wear a tie to be a real engineer!

Reminds me of an old Army film. Come to think of it, Tommy Dowd had some responsibility in creating the atom bomb, so it's probably not too far off.
 
masteringhouse said:
Ha, very cool! Back then you had to wear a tie to be a real engineer!
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I'd wear a tie if I got to twist one of them big knobs with that funky mechanical meter that looked like it was part of a set from an old Bela Lugosi movie :).

Nice set of effects they had too; both a freight train effect AND an express train effect. No plugins required! :cool:

G.
 
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Was that a Behringer mixer he was using??????????? :eek:
 
Dogman said:
Was that a Behringer mixer he was using??????????? :eek:
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I doubt it. That was so long ago there was nothing before it to reverse engineer. :D

Actually, I think that was footage from a session at Ultramastering.com.

G.
 
So, if I'm to understand the point of this documentary correctly, the best way to get the warm analog jazzy sound of the 30's is to electroplate your master with pure silver?
Ok, I'm in the process of dipping all my CD-R's into a vat of molten forks and spoons form the 'good' silverware... I'll post the mp3's later....
:D
 
amra said:
That's crazy!
Think about how much work went into getting a couple of copies of an album's worth of music. Think about how easy it is to do now.

Hmm. Is that a good thing? Not sure.
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it is : no "home recording" in those days!!!
 
Dr Biscuits said:
So, if I'm to understand the point of this documentary correctly, the best way to get the warm analog jazzy sound of the 30's is to electroplate your master with pure silver?
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Then you gotta stick that silvered master CD inside a waffle iron. I think.

G.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
I doubt it. That was so long ago there was nothing before it to reverse engineer. :D

Actually, I think that was footage from a session at Ultramastering.com.

G.
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I really like silver matering...what is Ultramastering? Lead based? :eek:
 
pdadda said:
Hard to believe one take recording was once the norm.
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Its still kinda the norm in Classical, unless its a household name. You get one or two sessions and most of it is checking balances and mics. When it comes down to it, most of it is one take. I made a jazz CD that was close to one take, for most of the tracks we only got one take and it was recorded to two-track.

Very cool video Glen. I wonder if that singer made any money?
 
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