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I agree that mastering for vinyl happens, but you're not right about the dynamic range. CDs were popular initially because they have a wider dynamic range, the
by ZoFreX 11y ago
I agree that mastering for vinyl happens, but you're not right about the dynamic range. CDs were popular initially because they have a wider dynamic range, the overly compressed / "loudness wars" tracks are nowhere near the limits of the medium. It is true that vinyl these days often has wider dynamic range - because the market for how songs sound is different for people buying vinyl, so they're mastered with wider range.
- shmageggy 11y agoThe comment was not about dynamic range, but the nature of the upper amplitude limit (hard vs soft/frequency dependent). That says nothing about the dynamic range, which is still a creative decision during mastering. I was trying to point out that vinyl mastering is common (contrary to parent post) and that one reason is the technical differences between mediums. I agree, though, that market pressures are a strong driver of the differing creative choices during mastering, but the decision to master separately for vinyl is often indepenent of that.