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Post by Tungus on Sept 19, 2008 17:34:48 GMT -5
LMAO....I love this board hahahaha
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Post by doshus on Oct 13, 2008 1:41:02 GMT -5
Great mixes use dynamic range. Car stereos and computer speakers tend to have good DR, but mp3 player earbuds don't (without making you deaf). I think people complain because they don't feel any air movement from headphones, and so the mixers are overcompensating for something that can't be fixed/isn't really an inherent problem with the music itself.
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Post by gunpointlecture on May 13, 2009 23:58:03 GMT -5
I personally think that the type of music you are doing makes the difference in the decision to master "loud" vs. "quiet". If you're doing full on metal with very little dynamic range, might as well get it as hot to CD as possible, cause if you go listen to the band in their rehearsal space playing at volumes they like, its gonna be f***kin' loud. But, if you're doing a jazz/blues/indie recording, those guys usually are much more aware of dynamics and using them (or not), and that should be reflected in the mix/mastering. I did the mastering for our last demo, and I pretty much told the engineer mixing to get the mix itself as loud as possible with no clipping, cause I'm gonna get it as hot as I can to CD. I think it's ridiculous to have a standard applied to every commercial release. There's nothing really wrong with getting the loudest levels (below clipping) to CD, but IMO dynamics should stay relatively intact.
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