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Read: Mutton dressed as lamb
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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:38
AM
Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: volume "polished
terd?"
werd. what Trust said. also, I
find that working to get my tracks "sounding"
loud
during the
pre-production process really ease the mixdown/mastering
process.
Sometimes
if not a lot of care is taken in pre-production, you
may end up with what is called
a "polished terd."
A compressed and
limited terd. A squashed poop with no
dynamics.
lars
Trust wrote:
> > digital
clipping leads to audible "crackling"... but if you clip only
>
every
> > once in a while, say on a snare, that's fine because it
probably won't
> > change the sound as much, but try clipping often
on bass and it's
> horrible.
> > and normalizing won't throw
off any eq'ing or anything else you do, it
> just
> > scans
your sound file, determines what the loudest peak is, and then will
>
> boost the entire file to whatever level you specify (if the loudest
it
> goes
> > is -5.2 peak db, and you normalize to 0 db, it'll
essentially turn up the
> > entire file by 5.2 db).
>
>
Correct. But most pros suggest avoiding normalization where possible due
to
> the fact that it is actually an imperfect process that can
introduce minor
> imperfections. Although i cant say that i've
ever noticed. But if you are
> going to be limiting your final
track anyway (and you should be - see
> below), you should be able to
skip the normalization process.
>
> >and commercial releases
are much louder than things
> > we release because... they're
commercial - people with huge racks of
> > tube/analog equipment get
paid to work on the tracks until they're loud as
> > hell without
clipping.
> >
>
> Yeah, true, but it not all analog
hocus-pocus and mystical valve magic. In
> every case, the basic
process is raising the apparent volume through
> compression and
limiting. Software apps like T-Racks, or plug-in suites
> like
Steinberg Mastering Edition or Waves Gold offer tools for compressing
>
and limiting your final track. The are also lots of outboard - the
dbx
> compressors, RNC, TL Audio C1, and Prosoniq Compounder have all
gotten lots
> of air time on this list - that can add warmth, punch, and
apparent
> "loudness" to your mix.
>
> There's many people
on this list putting out tracks that are good and loud -
> and i can
assure you they're not toting many huge racks of tube gear. ;)
>
Compression and limiting...pick a tool and learn how to use
it.
>
> trust
>
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