Eric Seaberg;313567 Wrote: > Most of the time we didn't use Dolby Noise Reduction on the multi-track > tape since the console had dynamic automation. This allowed us to turn > tracks off, or volume down, when nothing was playing on that track. > With some 'smart' mixing, you could all but lose the tape hiss. Eric, thanks for these insights from someone in the business. As someone who *isn't* in the business, I may have misunderstood what you're saying here, but it sounds like you're saying that during mixdown you tended to fade out tracks during the times when there was no signal present.
As a music *consumer*, I think I detect some consequences of that which I personally feel are undesirable. As an example, take the track "Private Investigations" from Dire Straits' "Love Over Gold". (My understanding is that this album was recorded at 30ips without noise reduction). During the introduction, there is a nice low background hiss level, except that when a pair of isolated piano chords are played, the hiss level increases very noticably. I presume this may be because they were doing precisely what you describe: only fading in the piano track when it was playing something. The effect wasn't that noticable on vinyl, but as soon as it was released on CD it became painfully obvious. My feeling is that this variable background noise level is pretty intrusive: worse than just leaving a higher but consistent level of hiss throughout. Any comments? -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48748 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
