Re: [ARSCLIST] Question on matrix take numbers

[Mal Rockwell <malcolm@xxxxxxxx>]

If you're talking about late 1930s / early 1940s (RCA) Victor then 1A is 
a second cutting table duplicating the first. Signal is split and sent 
to both tables simultaneously. Some modern restorers have been able to 
obtain a faux stereo by using both the "1" and "1A" sides synced together.
There may actually have been some early stereo (binaural?) recordings 
made this way, but it would have to have been with dual signal paths, 
not a split signal.
Mal

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Larry Friedman wrote:

> I've recently started to pay closer attention to matrix numbers. The take
> numbers appended to the end of them are often instructive. Could someone
> more knowledgeable than I explain to me the difference between a take listed
> as "1" and one listed as "1A"? Does the latter mean a dubbing, and, if so,
> what does this imply?
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> Thanks for your help.
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> -Larry Friedman
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