Metallica - A Silver Lining on the Loudness Cloud?
September 19, 2008 - 12:51
With the release of Metallica’s new album, “Death
Magenetic,” an unprecedented backlash from fans and
listeners have cast a new spotlight on the “Loudness
Wars.” And this might be just what the industry
needs...
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Loudness War 'In Real Life' - Anecdotal Evidence
July 29, 2008 - 10:25
A lot of people use the excuse “Well, I want my
tracks to sound as loud as...” -- which is one thing.
Others use the excuse “Well, a lot of people are
listening in cars and on trains with iPods and such
and I want everything to be heard...”
Anyone who’s ever actually listened has another story...
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Anyone who’s ever actually listened has another story...
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Calibrating Your Monitoring Chain
February 17, 2008 - 00:49
You don't know how loud you are unless you know how
loud you should be at a set level. This is something
a lot of people forget to do for some reason... If
you don't have your monitors reasonably
well-calibrated, you might as well be shooting at a
moving target.
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Why Aren't My Mixes 'Loud' Like Commercial CD's?
February 03, 2008 - 19:28
More accurately, the question you should be asking
yourself is "Why don't my recordings have the
potential to be as loud as commercial CD's?"
(This is an incomplete post - a partial post I posted on an audio forum - to be updated soon)
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(This is an incomplete post - a partial post I posted on an audio forum - to be updated soon)
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Basic Room Setup for Dummies
January 27, 2008 - 20:17
If you can't trust your room, the greatest monitors
in the world are worth a bowl of warm sinus fluid.
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Proper Audio Recording Levels
January 22, 2008 - 00:19
You're probably tracking too hot. Here's why...
(This is a rough draft and will be updated soon)
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(This is a rough draft and will be updated soon)
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Mastering DURING the mix
January 18, 2008 - 13:54
Mastering the Mixdown
January 13, 2008 - 13:50
REMEMBER: MIXDOWN IS CRUCIAL in more ways than one. A
good mastering session can go very well, or very
poorly depending on what happens during mixdown. Much
of this is common sense, yet much of it isn't common
sense until you've experienced the fallout a few
times...
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Mastering - By Mail?
January 11, 2008 - 13:48
Generally speaking, MASSIVE Mastering isn’t a “master
by mail” place. Although admittedly, probably 75% of
all sessions here are unattended. So, it’s worth
addressing that we (and basically every other
mastering facility) can act as a “master by mail”
facility.
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