Poyser wrote on Mon, 23 May 2005 03:30 |
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Terry had...a definitive Red Book of Mastering Engineers Musical Abilities.
He called the useful tome….. MEMA…..
... No wonder everyone thinks he’s brilliant…. I can see it all now……...
But the Secret of His Success…..
Is Finally Revealed……
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Ah, the truth comes out at last. Yes, I will finally now admit to having created the aforementioned "Red Book." Included in it (and these were all my inovations, by the way, for which I will finally claim credit, and demand royalties) were:
*PQ codes (the "Playing Quality" of the ME, written in shorthand).
*Offset (the distance the "drink" should be placed from the lathe, so as not to spill upon it while he played).
*A to D Conversion (see thread re: Wendy Carlos).
*Spiral (the day Bob L. actually Gyrated).
*Inner groove (the feeling that only an accomplished musician/ME can feel inside when the overdub is complete).
*Sampling rate (how fast the ME could imbibe before giving away his innermost musical secrets to intensive questioning).
*Neumann (what the ME would feel like having finally fulfilled his actual childhood dream of actually BEING ON a record [speaking Deutsch helps with this one]).