Mnyb wrote: > And it could be problematic anyway the artist could be missguided and > convinced by the record company's exec that" it is supposed to sound > like that nowadays " Metallica , Rush . > > And the master engineer is usually a hired hand that does what he is > toold to do . >
Yup, I agree - perhaps it'll have to be trying to single out bad albums or series of albums (look at that 2009 UMG Rolling Stones remaster series for example - who was responsible for that mess!?). However, I still insist Vlado Meller SUCKS. More on Mr. M: "The absolute peak of loudness started slowly creeping up in 1995, when Vlado Meller mastered Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory? to -8 dB RMS. Since then the tendency has been to make records louder. The resulting loudness war is due to a variety of factors, such as commercial concerns, stupid executives, following the leader or listeners / musicians who are unaware of this phenomenon, can't tell the difference and don't care, and some actually LIKE how it sounds, while others take advantage of it for artistic purposes. " from: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoudnessWar?from=Main.RecordOfLoudnessWar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97545 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
