mswlogo;542627 Wrote: > Here is an example of a well Mixed Recording. It is one of my standards > I always use when evaluating systems. > > http://softronix.com/pictures/levelperfect/Kenny_Neal_What_You_Got_Full.jpg > > But if you look close it's CLIPPED. Will you hear this tiny bit of > clipping, never (it's too small and too short in TIME). The more I look > at good recordings the more I see of this. It's a sign that the mixer > pushed the dynamic range to the limit. Which you should do when dealing > with 16bits. > > http://softronix.com/pictures/levelperfect/Kenny_Neal_What_You_Got.jpg > > Here is an example of a poor mix. Way too much headroom over 6dB. > > http://softronix.com/pictures/levelperfect/Beach_Boys_Lonely_Sea.jpg We have very different ideas about what looks like a good recording in Audacity. A good recording has very very few peaks at 0db, sometimes just one peak. That is because in real life music doesn't have a zillion peaks at exactly the same level. Neither does the recording, if you want it to sound real. This kind of dynamic compression is exactly what sound engineers should be criticised for.
Your recording might sound wonderful but it is no reference recording in my book. Reference recordings are not artificially restricted in respect of dynamic contrast. Nobody's reference recordings are going to satisfy in every respect, I understand that. But in a discussion specifically about dynamic range, as this is, to display that as a reference recording has made it more difficult to take your assertions seriously. Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. (Inguz bass EQ'd) SB3 -> (pre bypassed) Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (caps bass EQ'd) Desktop -> Genius Slab SW-flat2.1 700 Sennheiser HD 25-1 II ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
