How is source and generation information notated?
Here is a basic example of generation notation that you might see on someones trade list: ANA(2)>CDR(4) This means that the show originally taped on an analog cassette. A copy of a copy of that master analog cassette was transferred (indicated by the > symbol) to CDR. The person listing this show has a copy of a copy of a copy of the CDR that the show was transferred to. When you received the show from this person your generation would be: ANA(2)>CDR(5) And you should include that information on your trading site. So basically each time something is copied from the master, the generation gets higher and the number following the format abbreviation goes up. A master copy is indicated by (M). Please note that there is no such thing as CDR(M) (unless you are copying from a commercial bootleg, which will be explained shortly), since a show is being transferred to CDR from another source, the first CDR copy is CDR(1).
