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I do this all the time> Custom mixes go to the MD first and then to the HHB
CD recorder. As I have mentioned several times, no one has ever been able
to tell the difference; the new ATRAC's are that damn good!
Les
Music Mixers
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From: "Eric Woudenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: MD: Scale Factor Edit & MD use in CD mastering
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> Peter Nicholls sent me this and a followup note that I thought was
> interesting:
>
> >It was interesting to read that Scale Factor Edit is being built into
Sony
> >machines. An undocumented feature of the Yamaha MD8 8-track machine
(which
> >will work with standard minidiscs in 2-track mode) allows similar fading
in
> >and out of already-recorded material, as well as alterations in
equalisation,
> >albeit by passing the material through digital-to-analogue conversion and
> >back. The great thing is that it allows you to have several attempts at
the
> >fade you want (using real faders), then choose the one you like best.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >Peter Nicholls
> >
> >(A classical recording engineer who has used minidisc for backup of DAT
> >recording sessions, and has sometimes used bits of minidisc-originated
> >material on commercially released CDs, without comment from reviewers!
Also
> >recorded Jazz Big Band CD entirely on MD-8.)
>
> I asked him whether it was okay to let this tidbit about MD originated
> material being used for making CDs out, and he replied:
>
> >Eric, do pass it on. I have no qualms about revealing that there are
little
> >bits of ATRAC in some classical CD's - my clients were always aware that
if
> >necessary I would use MD originated material. This was usually to cover
> >glitches/dropouts from DAT (actually very rare), and more often to cover
> >material missing from DAT because MD starts faster (especially if using 6
> >secs of buffer) than DAT if a session "take" started unexpectedly.
> >
> >One producer I worked with a lot, a former head of a major American
classical
> >label, had ears like a bat for high frequencies and was VERY fussy about
> >sound quality, but she could never tell the difference between MD and DAT
> >even on the demanding sound of classical grand piano.
> >
> >I still use DAT as the master medium rather than MD, but only because the
> >theory is better especially when dealing with multi-generation copies,
not
> >(as far as I am concerned) the sound on the first generation.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >Peter Nicholls
>
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