Ralf Mardorf wrote: > My personal résumé is, that YES, Katz's book is good for some kinds of > mastering and it might be the more qualitative way, as far as I know > the book. > > BUT, we shouldn't recommend techniques without taking care of > different kinds of music. > > There isn't the overall mastering technique. I don't think that > classic and classic jazz is as common as popular music. >
Hi Ralf, Before you say any thing more about how "unpopular" music is mastered differently to "popular" music, please read the proposal Bob made. It does cater for the different types of music, but does not allow for music to be compressed to the point of destruction. Music needs headroom. The mix can allow that there is not much average dynamics, which is needed for your trucker music. The master then requires that the trucker turn up the volume of his radio. Not only does it improve the punch and clarity of the music for your trucker, he will actually hear the music again, because the peaks of the percussion will now stand out, instead of being left out. All of this in this truck on the freeway at 100km/h. If you send me one of your unmastered "Trucker tunes" I will master it for you as a demonstration. Only then will you have an idea of exactly what I am talking about. Cheers, Quentin PS: Have you noticed the volume level on your home sound system or car radio lately? Mine is indexed from 0 to 48, though with recent loud music I hardly ever set it above 8. With dynamically mastered music, I set it to 28, and the experience is just so much better than the bland wimpy loud masters of the others. _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
