[atlantaprog] Re: another aspect

That link is at www.prorec.com and accompanies a VERY intriguing article on
the whole philosophy of dynamic range reduction....

steve
www.littleatlas.com
original progressive rock


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul W. Cashman" <pellaz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: another aspect


> Andrew Tegethoff wrote:
> >
> > >The production on it is actually too "alive" -- causes clipping.  It
> > >sounds good until you realize what you're (presumably) missing...and
> > >Vapour Trails is hardly alone these days in being overengineered.   :(
> >
> > Yes.  Known as digital overs.  Demanded by record companies, despised by
> > mastering engineers, intended to make the record "loud enough for
radio" --
> > and then an add'l +15dB.
>
> The difference in levels is startling when you compare a modern release
> like Vapour Trails to an older -- but not too old -- CD.   (The very
> oldest CDs -- of which I still have a couple -- are an unfair comparison
> because they really -do- sound faint.  :))
>
> > The de facto level of most "pro" releases is "deafening", all compressed
and
> > hyper-normalized.  I hate that sound so very much.  Mind you, I haven't
the
> > courage to actually listen to "Vapor Trails" -- this is just a comment
on
> > modern mastering techniques.....
>
> I've lost the link, but at least one audio engineer analyzed VP for the
> normalization and overs, complete with graphs showing where, how much,
> etc.    Extremely illuminating....
>
>
>
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