Acetate Disc - Uses

Uses

Acetates have not always been used solely as a means of checking the quality of a disc recording. They were widely used before magnetic tape was invented and in the modern era they are used by dance music DJs (acetates were also used extensively in Jamaica by sound system operators in the late 1940s - 50s.). Because of their limited useful lifetime, acetates were often used as "demos" of new recordings by artists and record labels.