Hi All I have been following the sorry state of mastering of late. I was surprised at how many first rate sounding bands have allowed this.
I wonder if newer contracts don't allow the control of musical output bands once had. Luckily we don't have to follow this as we make music with Linux for new musical markets that are opening up. We may eventually get to the point that free music sounds much better than chart stuff! Now that would raise our music profile. Cheers Bob 2009/8/19 Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> > Hi :) > > after seriously listening to chart music I've to reverse my opinion > about the hints Bob Katz is giving. I wasn't aware how disgusting actual > chart mainstream music is mastered, concerning to the usage of > compression. Obviously I didn't listen enough to actual chart music. It > must be said that it's nearly impossible to compress music like it is > done for today's chart music, by using 'normal' compressors. I guess > they are using some special effects to do it, or it is done by using an > insane combination of 'normal' effects. The mainstream music I know > before, very seldom was such an extend compressed. I don't guess > somebody will compress or loud his mastering unintended this way. If > somebody should try to do it by using 'normal' compressors, I think the > K-method will anyhow fulfilled. Mastering done quasi without headroom > actually seems to be a fashion and can't be done by accident using > 'normal' effects, without abundant effort. The most important hint might > be, not to try, to master music this way. Fashions wax and wane and I > know even mainstream music that isn't mastered contending this fashion. > > Pardon, I was mistaken. > > Ralf > > _______________________________________________ > 64studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users >
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