25 Jun
2011
25 Jun
'11
12:02 a.m.
On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 21:54 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
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...
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.