I afsnittet om Skæremestre så vi hvordan man kan identificere den person som har udført skæringen af den enkelte vinylplade.

Lyden på et masterbånd er som hovedregel ‘mastret /mastereret’ enten i indspilningsstudiet eller i et studie der er specialiseret i at ‘mastre’. Mastering er den proces hvor lydniveauet justeres og harmoneres i musikken. Her kan man foretage de sidste indstillinger som får musikken til at lyde bedst – og som giver lytteren den oplevelse som kunstneren ønsker. Alt efter om lyden skal bruges til en vinylplade, en CD eller noget andet er der stor forskel på hvordan man mastrer lyden så den passer bedst til mediet.

Mastering kan foregå i et pladestudie, i et dedikeret skærestudie eller på selve presseriet. Læs mere om pladefabrikker og deres særlige kendetegn her.

Listen nedenunder viser de mest almindelige kendetegn for Masteringstudierne som du kan kigge efter i udløbet på pladen.

Audiodisc YYMMDD -> presset hos Audiodisc AB

AT = Mastered hos Atlantic Studios

AT/GP (håndskrift) = George Piros, Atlantic Studios

AT/DK (håndskrift) = Dennis King, Atlantic Studios

ATLANTIC STUDIOS DK (stamped) = mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic

Bell Sound -> Bell Sound Studios, New York

C.R or CR -> Cutting Room, Stockholm

C.T.S. Wembley -> C.T.S. Studios, Wembley, London

CR -> Cutting Room, Stockholm

CR/RP = Rune Persson, Cutting Room, Stockholm

⋐riteriɑ = Criteria Studios

CURVE PUSHER. -> Curve Pusher Mastering, London

D&m -> Dubplates-mastering, Berlin

DAS / D.A.S. Disc Mastering -> Digital Audio Solutions

DMS C -> The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC

DMS Coin -> The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC

ESR = Elektra Sound Recorders

ℰMW = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.

Finnvox – Finnvox, Finland

FW Ѽ or FWNY = Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

FOON MASTERING -> Foon Mastering Center

Frankford/Wayne -> Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC.

FW Ѽ or FWNY = Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

FX -> Finnvox, Finland

GOL = Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.

HuB -> Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC. ( ? )

KDISC -> K Disc Mastering

MASTERED BY CAPITOL -> Capitol Studio & Mastering , Hollywood

MASTERDISK -> Masterdisk, New York City

Mastered at Abbey Rd -> Abbey Road Studios, London

mastered at ‘Abbey Road’ -> Abbey Road Studios, London

MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. -> Allen Zentz Mastering Company

MASTERED BY CAPITOL Mastered by

Masterfonics, Nashville

NIMBUS, England -> Nimbus

Mastered MIAMI TAPE -> Miami Tape, Hialeah ( (“MIAMI TAPE” er trykt)

MCR -> Master Cutting Room, NYC.

MS/RP = Rune Persson, Metronome Studios, Stockholm

MT = Musitech Ltd, UK

NSC -> National Sound Corporation, Detroit

ORLAKE -> Orlake Records, Dagenham

PAG = Peter Lawrence, PR Records Limited, Lyntone Recordings, UK

POLAR -> Polar Mastering, Stockholm (lukket, nu Masters of Audio, Stockholm)

Pole -> Pole

PR or PRC or (PR) = Philips Recording Co. (maker of metal parts from lacquers)

RP/MS = Rune Persson, Metronome Studios, Stockholm

Salt = Salt Mastering, New York (Paul Gold)

SNB / Mastered by SNB = Studio-Nord-Bremen, Tyskland

SON or Son = Sonic Recording Products, Inc.

Sound Clinic -> The Sound Clinic, London

SRC signature -> Specialty Records Corporation, Olyphant, New York (Trykt logo, Stort S med R og C rundingerne på S’et)

SS -> Sterling Sound Studios, New York

SST -> Schallplatten Schneid Technik Brüggemann GmbH, Frankfurt (Christa Brüggermann)

STERLING -> Sterling Sound, NYC

STRAWBERRY U.K. -> Strawberry Mastering, London

THE EXCHANGE -> The Exchange, London

TAPEOne / TA1PE / TA 1 PE = Tape One, London

Timmion – Timmion Records, Finland

TLC -> The Lacquer Channel Mastering, Toronto

TML -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood

TML-M -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood ( M=Master )

TML-S -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood ( S=Slave )

TML-X -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood ( X=Extra )

TOWN HOUSE / TOWNHOUSE -> Town House Studios, London

TR -> Translab Mastering, Paris

Transfermation -> Transfermation Mastering, London

TRANSITION -> Transition Mastering Studios, London

Trutone Mastering -> Trutone Mastering, New York City

US⦾ = United Sound, Burbank, California

Utopia -> Utopia Studios ( “U” / Lyra-symbol)

R3 or R4 = Mastered at Rainbo Records (on Capitol Pressing)

*-J.T.S.-* -> JTS Studio, London

//# TO = Tape One, skæringer for Phonodisc

▽E TO  = Tape One, skæringer for PRS Ltd.

▽420 T = Tape One, skæringer for PRS Ltd.