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MasterDigital is a leading provider of CD mastering, forensic audio, audio restoration and audio preservation services. The company has mastered over 1,800 CD projects and was the first in Louisiana to deliver professional production masters to CD pressing plants. Major label credits include: Sony, BMG, Verve/Polygram. A wide variety of analog and digital formats are accepted, as well as virtually all types of computer based audio files. An FTP server is available for transferring files. MasterDigital is one of a handful of companies worldwide with the ability to transfer negative metal parts in sizes up to 20" in diameter.

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Staff Engineer:

Parker Dinkins

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Equipment

• Recorder/Players
  • 1/4" open reel: Studer A820 (w/NAB, EIA and DIN reel adapters, up to 14" dia.)
    • stereo quarter and half track NAB head block with vernier azimuth, custom made by JRF
    • stereo European butterfly head block with vernier azimuth
    • full track head block with vernier azimuth
  • 1/2" open reel: Studer A820 (w/NAB, EIA and DIN reel adapters, up to 14" dia.)
    • stereo head block with vernier azimuth
    • stereo head block
  • 2/4 track open reel: Tascam 44 (1/4")
  • 8 track open reel: Tascam TSR-8 (1/2")
  • Audiocassette: Nakamichi CR-7 (w/speed control and adjustable azimuth)
  • Phonorecords: Technics SP-15 (up to 20" dia) with 24 styli, including bi-pointed styli for playing negative metal parts
  • DAT: Sony PCM-7040 w/SMPTE, Sony PCM-R500 (32kHz)
  • Prism 20 bit encoded DAT
  • DAW: Pyramix, WaveLab, Sonic Solutions
• CD Duplication + Error Checking
  • Microboards, StageTech
• Mixing
  • Pyramix, Sonosax SX-ST8D Compact Mixer, Sonosax PR-6 Mixer
• Signal Processing, including Noise Reduction
  • CEDAR Cambridge
  • Dolby A, B, C, SR, dbx Type I, Weiss DS1-MK2, Weiss EQ1-LP, Manley tube comp/limiter, Massenburg GML 9500, Aphex, Elberg MD12 Mk2 phono preamp
• Monitoring, Measuring and Restoration
  • CEDAR Cambridge
  • Genelec 1037A, Auratone, DK Audio, Dorrough, Crookwood, Sennheiser
  • Yamato Scientific Oven
• Digital/Analog/Digital Converters
  • Prism, Benchmark Media
• Storage + Transfer
  • RAID 5 Array, IBM LTO-3 and Exabyte tape drives, SCSI and SATA capabilities