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Bugstone · 14th March 2010

I am interested to know from professional mastering engineers what percent of professionally mastered music sees the analog domain to some extent. I am curious how much of the mastered music in 2010 undergoes d to a and then a to d conversion in mastering. It does not matter how many analog devises are used. I just want to know how many see at least one analog device. My second question is do you see a shift towards purely digital mastering each year? I am not asking which you think is better (I don't want to start World War III again here). Is now 50/50 or what?

Thanks a lot.
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14th March 2010	#1
Bugstone Gear Head Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 57 Thread Starter	Current Popularity Of Analog Mastering? I am interested to know from professional mastering engineers what percent of professionally mastered music sees the analog domain to some extent. I am curious how much of the mastered music in 2010 undergoes d to a and then a to d conversion in mastering. It does not matter how many analog devises are used. I just want to know how many see at least one analog device. My second question is do you see a shift towards purely digital mastering each year? I am not asking which you think is better (I don't want to start World War III again here). Is now 50/50 or what? Thanks a lot. Bugs