Soundcraft (5)

DO NOT USE. Soundcraft was not a Mastering facility, Recording Studio or Record Label and should not be used for these roles. To document acetates cut on Soundcraft-branded blanks: - Enter Made By - Reeves Soundcraft Corp. - Add to Notes - "Cut on a Soundcraft acetate blank" - Soundcraft is not a Label. Not On Label should be entered if no other suitable label can be found. - Any Atlantic (or sub-label) retail releases with Lacquer Cut At credits for Audiodisc should have those credits removed and "Z etch in runout denotes lacquer cut using an Audiodisc blank" entered in Notes. Soundcraft was an American brand of blank acetate discs made by Reeves Soundcraft Corp. of New York beginning in 1946. Helmed by Hazard Reeves, the inventor of the magnetic sound-on-film recording process and later president of Cinerama, Reeves Soundcraft's Stamford, Connecticut plant produced Soundcraft acetates with glass and aluminum bases for the home market and recording studio industry ("Broadcaster", "Playback" and "Audition" versions), with a commercial version ("Maestro") marketed to record companies for commercial record lacquer cutting. Hazard Reeves died in 1986, with the assets of Reeves Soundcraft Corp. sold to Unitel Video; the Soundcraft name and product line was subsequently discontinued.