1) A control to set the output level of a console, especially the stereo output to a two track recorder during mixdown.
2) A term with the same meaning as submaster (a control that adjusts the level of a signal mixed together and being sent out to a track of a multitrack recorder).
3) A term with the same meaning as VCA master (one fader that adjusts the control voltage sent to several VCA faders).
4) The machine that will be used as a speed reference when synchronizing two or more machines to run together; if the master tape transport changes speed, the other machines synced to it will also change speed.
5) The original recording, used for making copies.
6) To make an original recording which will be used to make commercial copies, especially making a master lacquer (for record manufacturing) or a master CD. |