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Master reboot reconds1/3/2023 ![]() One of these (or possibly more, in the case of the really big artists) would then typically be kept in storage for safe keeping by the record company/copyright owner. In some cases the recording engineers may connect two or more tape recorders to the desk for the final mix-down so that more than one original, first generation masters are made simultaneously. This is the original studio master tape, also called the ‘first generation’. The recording engineers will then bring the various elements together, editing and mixing them to achieve the desired sound, culminating in the album’s first final arrangement. When an album is recorded on analogue tape, whether in the studio or on stage, it will either be a multi-track recording using several microphones and/or different sessions to record each individual element separately (instruments, vocals), or a live or semi-live recording in which one or several microphones capture the performance as a whole. The first generation Audiophile label Chasing the Dragon’s Mike Valentine in the recording studio with Eleanor McEvoy The term ‘master tape’ can refer to a number of different things so let’s just briefly attempt to clear up a couple of common master tape misunderstandings. We audiophiles can get highly excitable whenever there’s talk of laying our hands on a master tape, which we imagine to be some kind of holy grail… the original, the one and only (“to think that George Martin, maybe even John Lennon, will have actually touched this…”). ![]()
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