Re: CD

[John M. Relph <relph@presto.ig.com>]

munnari!basser.cs.su.OZ.AU!gregr@uunet.uu.net says:
>Subject: Re: CD
>Summary: watch out for cd labelling

>In article <QYgYIFS00WBMA1bVIN@andrew.cmu.edu> "William M. Bumgarner"
><wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>> 
>> The import (from UK) CD's of Kate Bush are mastered ADD instead of the US
>
>I'd be careful of the [AD][AD]D labelling that companies put on their CDs.
>An ADD disc would require a remix of the album from the multitrack to a
>digital master and I don't believe this has been done in that case of any
>Kate Bush albums.  
>
>The letters should refer to the type of multitrack used (analogue or digital),
>the type of tape (or other) mastering device used for the final mix (analogue
>or digital) and in the case of CDs the CD master is always digital.

Here's "William M. Bumgarner" <wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu>'s reply from ages ago:
>To: "John M. Relph" <relph@presto.ig.com>
>Subject: Re: AAA possible on CD?
>
>first letter: studio recording
>second letter: mixing/editing (this is the creation of the master!
>  The final product of this step is the final musical content of the
>  recording. 
>  Between second and third letters, there are no changes in the musical
>  content of the master.  The only thing that changes is the format of the
>  recording.  Usually, a multi-track tape is the product of this stage.)
>third letter: This is the translation to a format that albums/tapes/CD's are
>  transcribed from.  This means that for a CD, it has to be a digital
>  transcription because the subcode is created at this point.  For an
>  album, it 
>  means cutting a master disk or cutting individual recordings for packaging
>  and resale (a purely analog product).
>
>If an analog archive tape is remastered digitally, in the case of Led
>Zepplin's
>recording that you mentioned, the remastering part falls under the second
>letter; making that disc ADD.
>
>b.bum
>wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu

Fine.

But, 

>Remember that the first CD releases of Beatles material claimed ADD as well,
>which would have been a neat track in the mid '60s.

Actually, the first few Beatles CDs (including _Rubber Soul_) WERE
actually remixed from the original four-track tapes by George Martin
for release on CD, so they are definitely ADD.

	-- John