[LAU] Is this the band Sky? Was: Text-based sound visualisation? Re: Linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 52, Issue 32

[Ricardus Vincente]

On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 21:54 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

> > And additionally seemingly everybody using Linux for audio,
> > seems to be more near to Bob Katz, than to current mainstream
> > mastering ;).
> 
> What makes you call extreme compression levels 'mainstream' ?
> There's nothing 'main' about it, it's just one of the many niches.
> Mayby one you are most focussed on, but that doesn't affect its
> importance. There's lots of alternatives.

 That super-compressed mastering trend in popular music finally seems to
be swinging back to more conservative levels. The latest Guns & Roses
disk is mastered more like an 80s release, and most sensible engineers
are arguing against the volume.

 Rich...