母带

母帶

mǔdài

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

歌录好以后，还要请工程师做母带处理。

Gē lùhǎo yǐhòu, hái yào qǐng gōngchéngshī zuò mǔdài chǔlǐ.

Once the song is recorded, an engineer still has to master it.

HSK 7-9

这张专辑的母带在火灾中烧毁了。

Zhè zhāng zhuānjí de mǔdài zài huǒzāi zhōng shāohuǐ le.

The master tapes of this album were destroyed in a fire.

usage

做母带 or 母带处理 is "mastering", the last step of music production after 混音 (mixing). 母 "mother" marks the original that copies are made from.

母 mǔ

带 dài