5 Sep
2013
5 Sep
'13
9:29 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 01:07:47PM -0500, Brent Busby wrote:
1) To use spectrum analyzers and careful listening to
try to
understand the "tone" that the commercial mastering world has
apparently agreed on, and
2) To figure out why I would want that. On most decent speakers,
it seems to sound thin and lack authority. It's terrible having to
cater to the lowest common denominator.
If someone's paying you to do some mixing/mastering job, and that's
all there is to it, just do as the customer wants and get your money.
OTOH, if you do have some artistic responsability, I see no reason
why you should follow the mainstream (*) or want to do that.
I agree that almost all pop music today sounds anemic. Male singers
sound as if their b***s are in a vise, a combination of EQ that
almost removes the fundamental and auto'talent'. Females sound as
if ********* CENSORED **********.
And it's not limited to pop. At least half of the classical releases
today are being peppered up in ways that has nothing at all to do
with a natural live sound.
Ciao,
(*)
"Do you know what's on the bottom of the mainstream ?"
"Mediocrity !"
(From 'Death in Venice', T. Mann / L. Visconti)
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