Oystein Moe schrieb am 28.07.2002 12:07 Uhr MESZ:
Didn't I read in Record Collector, ages ago, that the master tape was never intended as the finished product in the '60s and '70s? Apparently, there is something called the cutting phaze (phase?). This is/was the last stage of production, and the changes could be pretty vital to the final mix. IIRC, the sound could for instance be compressed (so the differences between the loud and silent parts were diminished), or the other way around, like Peo English is not my first language so I don't know what they call that, and even some EQ went into that last stage.
the master tape should be the final stage. the producer (or engineer) has done a bad job if the master has to be corrected again for the disc cutting.