How were masters protected before digital?
On Jun 25, 12:36 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
wrote:
I assume that the master tracks of the Beatles, etc. have all been
transferred to more durable optical digital - i.e. CD or DVD.
Sadly, CD-R and DVR-R are a whole hell of a lot less durable than
analogue tape. They are not acceptable for archival storage.
I'm going under the assumption that they would be archived on stamped
media - ie. "real" CD/DVD's. You'd have a hard time convincing me
that magnetic tape is more durable than that.
Of course, wave a magnet across the studio master tape and across the
cheap Wal-Mart CD-R, which one loses?
:-)
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