"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:09:44 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

I am glad that you regard the classical market as quality,
Andy. When I go to a classical mastering session, I can
reckon to be in and out in a couple of hours. For a pop
session one needs to take a sleeping bag:-)

Perhaps because you simply have to *record* a classical orchestra?
With pop, you have to transform what they do into something vaguely
reminiscent of music - noise gates, compresors, limiters, pitch
shifters, multiple track/take splicing etc etc etc. :-(
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Yes indeed. Pop recording sessions can be spread over
weeks, or months. But we are talking about mastering here.

All the magic you mention above should have taken place at track
level long before the mastering process:-)

But making a SRC digital clone is not a service for which
they can charge you a lot. But when they start tweaking,
and the hands of the clock start to spin instead of turn,
they are making some *real* money:-)

Iain