Book: "Basic Disc Mastering" by Larry Boden [Link]

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Book: "Basic Disc Mastering" by Larry Boden [Link]

Post: # 8125Unread post Phinster
Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:01 pm

This was published by the Full Sail recording workshop in the early 80's

Does anyone have a copy? Thanks!

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Post: # 8129Unread post blacknwhite
Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:59 pm

[EDIT, 8/10/2010] UPDATE: Good News: Spoke with Mr. Boden tonight: An updated edition of his disc mastering book is in the planning stage. He or I will keep you updated when it becomes available for sale.

Please support Mr. Boden in these efforts, and purchase a copy of the book from him when it becomes available.

- Bob

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Post: # 8130Unread post lubomikl
Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:40 am

this good book :-)
thanx

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Post: # 8131Unread post markrob
Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:35 am

Hi Bob,

Thanks! That was great. Very nice of you to provide this. BTW, you are off by a factor of 1000. The file is 4.7 Mb not Gb. It might not have to be moved.

Mark

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Post: # 8132Unread post blacknwhite
Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:42 am

:D
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Post: # 8133Unread post Aussie0zborn
Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:10 am

Nic work, Bob. A good little reference, although he makes his spirals by decreasing the pitch of the lathe. That would be an intersting spiral indeed.
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Post: # 8151Unread post Phinster
Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:29 pm

Thanks for posting BDM, Bob! It takes me back.......... 8)

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Post: # 8186Unread post Maistrow
Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:43 pm

Sometimes the book will show up on Amazon. That's where I found mine. You just have to check often.

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Post: # 8207Unread post concretecowboy71
Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:26 pm

This was a great, fun read with good info for me. Thanks for sharing!

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Post: # 8366Unread post subkontrabob
Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:06 pm

thank you very much ! the visual quality isn't astonishing, but as long as I can read it...

you may want to consider to send this one to peter millet, so he can add it to his collection. He permanently hosts almost 3 GB of mostly old nutty books about radio, tubes etc.

http://www.pmillett.com/tubebooks/technical_books_online.htm

The guy also scans most of the stuff himself (he explains the process on the bottom of the page). Oh, by the way there's also a few books on that site that have chapters on disc cutting, like

http://www.pmillett.com/tubebooks/Books/intro_read_recording.pdf

and

http://www.pmillett.com/tubebooks/Books/Atwood/Sunier%201960%20The%20Story%20of%20Stereo.pdf



cheers,

Bob 8)

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Post: # 8439Unread post blacknwhite
Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:59 am

:)

See my last post(s) in the thread for any updates, thanks!
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Post: # 9878Unread post uncle larry
Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:45 pm

Greetings, Trolls : I am Larry Boden who wrote the Mastering book. Thanks to those trolls who hunted me down. The copyright is mine, but I consider it in the public domain. The original pix were lost in a fire some years ago.
I started cutting in the 60's at Rite Records in Cincinnati, first using the ES-59 cutterhead, then the SX 15, SX 45 and finally the SX-68. Moved to Nashville in 1969 for NRP. There we had both Westrex and Neumann systems.
Went to MCA in California in 1976, then to the JVC Cutting Center in 1980.

In 1988 I got interested in Laser Beam mastering for CD's.

I am now retired in Cincinnati, where I spend my days enjoying exotic single malt scotchs, as well as my SAE and Marantz stereo system.

Uncle Larry

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Post: # 9880Unread post Simon
Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:16 pm

You are a kind man Uncle Larry, Thanks
Happy to learn something new.
Wanted: Stylus for Presto, Mono heads Grampian, Fairchild, Presto, Fairchild 740 lathes, Presto 8n, 8d 8dg lathes or parts or Presto or wot ever recording Amps, PM me what you have for sale.

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Post: # 9881Unread post blacknwhite
Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:01 pm

Glad to see you here Larry, & thanks for your contribution of putting information about cutting in print!

I sent you a PM (private message).

- Bob

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Uncle

Post: # 9882Unread post mossboss
Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:52 am

Hey Uncle
Welcome aboard A few post's from you will definitely be of great interest to all of us here as well as the Lurkers
By the way I do have an SX 45 head that functions I am really interested in hearing your experience with that
I am not sure if there is any one here that have used it You are the first person that I have come across that mentions it apart from Flo who has some non plus comments about this particular head
By the way I do enjoy a :we dram: myself
Cheers
Chris

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Post: # 9884Unread post subkontrabob
Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:42 am

So now we can express our gratitude directly to the author. This is great!!

Thank you Uncle Larry! :D

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Post: # 9971Unread post petermontg
Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:30 am

might be have a stupid day, but where is the link

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Irishman

Post: # 9975Unread post mossboss
Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:07 pm

May be you want to pm blacknwhite for a download on this my friend Cheers
Chris

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Re: Irishman

Post: # 9979Unread post petermontg
Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:55 pm

mossboss wrote:May be you want to pm blacknwhite for a download on this my friend Cheers
cheers mossboss

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Post: # 9980Unread post blacknwhite
Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:57 pm

:)

See my last post(s) in the thread for any updates, thanks!
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