"The technology for making records has not changed since the 50's. Digital production techniques are making it difficult to maintain fidelity when transferring to vinyl. People are not making tracks that will sound good on records anymore."
I was fortunate enough to hear about a 2 hour discourse (almost a rant ;) about the subject from our nameless masterer. I think he may have a valid point. He feels that a lot of digital production techniques (stereo expanding to the point of no return, certain wacky effects, we know what they are, etc.) sound great when listening to it digitally on our computers and CD's. We have to understand that there is much more room to play in the digital domain. Not so in records. Again, these are all his thoughts. I won't go so far as to say that this may have caused the mastering problems, maybe the equipment is antiquated, I don't know. I'm just trying to give perspective from the horse's mouth by proxy. I think he has been pretty frustrated as of late and he did go on and on about a project he was working on that he could not tone down enough to keep the needle from doing its own dance on wax. No idea who he was talking about, I pretty much let him vent :) My favorite quote in the 2 hours: "People like Mike Banks know how to produce a track to sound good on a record." Classic. Peace, Alex www.fulcruminn.net Peace, Alex www.fulcruminn.net -----Original Message----- From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org Subject: RE: [313] Shari Vari Release Schedule Don't know what you're talking about mate! >-----Original Message----- >From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:09 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org >Subject: RE: [313] Shari Vari Release Schedule > > > >> That company has a lot of history in the D and a lot of friends ... but >> despite that I doubt they've ever really made a great deal of >money so they >> still more or less master today as they've always done ... It >all comes down >> to (someone) needing to put their money where there mouth is, rather than >> merely waxing lyrical (excuse the pun) about Detroit and it's excellent, >> highly-credible and sincere mastering company (which has >pioneered at least >> one feature on vinyl, which I've never seen anywhere else before) > > >doesn't this spell out who it is? :) > >robin... > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
