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...
There's More...
There's More...
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...
There's More...
Anyone who’s ever actually listened has another story...
There's More...
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.
There's More...
There's More...
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)
There's More...
(This is an incomplete post - a partial post I posted on an audio forum - to be updated soon)
There's More...
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.
There's More...
There's More...
Proper Audio Recording Levels
January 22, 2008 - 00:19
You're probably tracking too hot. Here's
why...
This entry was viewed over 110,000 times in 2008, nearly 300,000 times in 2009 -- And is *still* waiting for tweaking...
There's More...
This entry was viewed over 110,000 times in 2008, nearly 300,000 times in 2009 -- And is *still* waiting for tweaking...
There's More...
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...
There's More...
There's More...
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.
There's More...
There's More...