In rec.audio.tech Warren wrote:
Mark-T expounded in
oups.com:
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Professional music producers generally capture studio
recordings in a 24-bit, high-fidelity audio format.
Before the originals, or "masters" in industry parlance,
are pressed onto CDs or distributed to digital sellers
like Apple's iTunes, they're downgraded to 16-bit files.
If the master is the original, then what does
"re-mastered" mean, as commonly used?
A genuine original copy?
Mark
It just means that it is "re-mixed".
No, that's not right. Mastering is usually done from stereo masters,
post-mixdown. The Wikipedia page at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_mastering explains the process.
Andrew.