Glossary
generational loss
The degradation in quality of the audio signal when transferring audio from one analog tape to another analog tape.


“I ran the tracks, the music stops, the dead rat takes a solo. Nothing happens. I turn around and say to my assistant, ‘You a**hole, get out there and put the mic in the right place. About four inches up and a little to the left.’”- Jack Douglas
The degradation in quality of the audio signal when transferring audio from one analog tape to another analog tape.