This is essentially correct and that is why the big boast about having the ORIGINAL original 60s and 70s masters has nothing to with what the world has known for over 45 years. The work masters are the source of the classic recordings. Our new recordings only suffer from one step degradation; the transfer from digital to tape. This means the bandwidth is full and not mitigated at around 10k at best. The M400 will deliver close to 16k which is HiFi and that's why the McD flute sounds good. Once you have a correctly azimuth aligned headblock and good pad contact and good pinchrollers, the 'tron can deliver in a way that would astonish the vast majority of owners who are used to some hideous compromises that they accept as normal.
M
mellotronics.co.uk
On 8 Nov 2010, at 05:44, Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Master tape of sound recorded.
> Safety copy(s) made, and used for further production
> Copy of safety copy made for editing down to proper sequence (maybe timed, possible splicing done)
> Copied to production master, producing 3 different sounds side-by side
> Safety production master made
> Your copy from the safety production master.