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Can we instead have a 'mixed for good audio equipment' option? It doesn't matter how many PCM samples you have if the mixing engineer expects me to play it on
by anotherhue 3y ago
Can we instead have a 'mixed for good audio equipment' option? It doesn't matter
how many PCM samples you have if the mixing engineer expects me to play it on a potato.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oq_Ol3kX1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oq_Ol3kX1k
- reaperman 3y agoI have noticed this as well. EDM/Dance/Pop is a particular offender, we've lost a lot of ground since BT's "Emotional Technology". In the between-years, getting CD quality / FLAC formats helped a lot, but as you say, now the original masters are pretty highly compressed and don't get much benefit from quality audio systems at reasonable volume levels.
- kstrauser 3y agoI'd like a "mixed for people who can hear both loud and quiet sounds" version, please. My go-to example for terrible mastering is Dropkick Murphys' "The Meanest of Times" album. "The State of Massachusetts" starts with some mandolin (I think?) picking, then launches into drums and distorted guitars at exactly the same volume. I loaded the song in a sample editor and its waveform at 100% loudness the whole time. The album's songs are great, but I can't bear to listen to it.
- anotherhue 3y agoIt's at the point where people regularly record the vinyl LPs of an album and post those online because the mastering constraints of vinyl force these lunatic mixers (or their corporate bosses) to stay within the realms of sanity. Otherwise it's just early 2000s loudness wars all over again.
- glitchc 3y agoIsn't that gimmick rock bands use to get you to dial the volume up to 11? AC/DC is the only band I know that doesn't do that.
- sp332 3y agoIt’s so you can hear all of the song when it’s played in public at a volume quiet enough to have a conversation over. Should be reserved for the radio edit IMO.