IEEE Spectrum Wrote: > One of the most prominent examples of this is the recent Red Hot Chili > Peppers album Stadium Arcadium, which was remastered for vinyl by > mastering engineer Steve Hoffman with the intent of providing full > dynamic sound.
I wish Steve had mastered the CD version - the tracks off this album have RG values of -10.5 dB or more. It doesn't sound as obviously clipped as -Californication-, but that's a notorious example of bad mastering. I suppose we could hope that record execs wake up to this monstrosity, but if they're still blaming the lack of CD sales on illegal downloads, they have miles to go before they're even aware what colour the sky is here on this planet. What I've always wondered is - is this compression and clipping happening on the master? In which case, that music is damaged forever. Not that you'd want to preserve the drek the latest flavour-of-the-month artists put out anyway... -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37844 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
