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   Kirk McElhearn    
   Re: 24-bit on tap at Apple?   
   25 Feb 11 10:04:57   
   
   XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
      
   On 2011-02-24 23:55:33 +0100, Tim Wescott  said:   
      
   >> If the master is the original, then what does   
   >> "re-mastered" mean, as commonly used?   
   >> A genuine original copy?   
   >   
   > Back in the days of vinyl, the "master disk" was a record made of metal   
   > (aluminum?  steel?), mixed from the original tapes.  From this, the   
   > record company would make molds for the actual disks that were sold.   
      
   Yes, but that's not the "master" in "re-master;" it's the master tape,   
   the final mix-down.   
      
   Kirk   
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