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 entry was viewed over 110,000 times in 2008, nearly 300,000 times in 2009, picked up by and published by Pro Sound Web in 2011 -- And is *still* waiting for tweaking...
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This entry was viewed over 110,000 times in 2008, nearly 300,000 times in 2009, picked up by and published by Pro Sound Web in 2011 -- And is *still* waiting for tweaking...
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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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