Re: [ARSCLIST] Question on matrix take numbers

[Dick Spottswood <dick@xxxxxxxx>]

There were early 30s dual-channel recordings at RCA that have been morphed 
into modern stereo.  I know only of the Ellington 33s from 1932 but there 
must've been more. 
The 1- 1A protocol simply fed one signal to two machines as far as I know. 
 

Dick




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This implies the feed from the recording setup was identical and split, 
one 
to one machine, the other to.. well, you know.

I'd heard the same thing.  But was this always true, or did sometimes 
indicate different mike placements for the same take, a la "stereo" 
recreations from at least one test pressing and a commercial one marked 1 
and 1a?

Steve Smolian

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> This is a designation RCA employed in the mid-30s & eteherefter, when 
two
> recording machines made simultaneous masters of performances.  "1A" was 
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> safety disc, and normally not used unless "1" turned out to have 
problems.
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> I've recently started to pay closer attention to matrix numbers. The 
take
> numbers appended to the end of them are often instructive. Could someone
> more knowledgeable than I explain to me the difference between a take
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> as "1" and one listed as "1A"? Does the latter mean a dubbing, and, if 
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