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Glossary of terms. (cont'd)
- MASTER
- may refer to the original recording made directly from recording microphones, the final mixed-down tape from which other recordings are made, or the lacquer disk from which stampers are made for vinyl pressings.
- MIXING
- combining many separate tracks into fewer tracks, usually one, two, or four.
- MONOPHONIC
- recorded on a single channel or played back from a single sound source.
- MULTI-TRACK
- refers to a recorder which produces, or a recording which contains, more than two tracks or channels of recorded information, generally eight or more.
- OVERDUB
- mixing previously recorded material with new material.
- QUADRAPHONIC
- four-channel sound reproduction.
- REMASTERING
- cutting a new master from the original recording, usually without remixing.
- REMIXING
- mixing down from multiple tracks to one, two, or four tracks for the second or any subsequent time.
- REVERBERATION
- prolongation of sounds by repetition, resulting from sound reflections in a large hall or simulating such reflections.
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