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Paavo Jumppanen, Tech. Specs.


POWERFUL, NEW HARMONIC EQUALIZATION SOFTWARE PRODUCES FLAWLESS SOUND TRACKS
100% OF THE TIME WITHOUT A MASTERING ENGINEER

Atlanta, Georgia - August 15, 2003 – Har-Bal International - a joint venture
between TAQUIS (Australia) and HDQTRZ Digital Studios (US) - announced today
the release of Har-Bal (Harmonic Balancer) A powerful, new mastering
equalization system for all Windows systems (95,98,ME, NT, 2000 or XP) that
corrects inconsistencies in mixed track sound files 100 percent of the time.
Har-Bal will revolutionize the music industry by completely eliminating the
need to have a mastering engineer in the end production of music files.

The software is composed of two parts: a spectrum analysis engine and a
high-resolution linear phase digital filter to perform the EQ'ing so there
is imperceptible degradation in quality (i.e. noise wise). Har-Bal analyzes
a recording, which gives a measure of the average and peak spectrum content
(displayed graphically) from which any user can easily judge the spectral
balance. Next, through a novel user interface, the software allows you to
design a matching digital filter. This differs from conventional approaches
in that you no longer need golden ears to judge the problem areas of a
particular recording. The spectrum measurement provides you with an accurate
indication of any problems in the recording. Har-Bal International is the
first company to address the classes of frequencies that have proven to be
troublesome to the human body. Frequencies felt in the body, i.e.,low
frequencies,with high amplitudes and throbbing, pulsing envelopes can make
listeners sick to their stomach...so the expression goes. There definitely
seems to some connection with the corrected resonant frequencies of a song
that has been harmonically balanced as opposed to mastering.

For an undetermined period of time, a restricted version of Har-Bal can be
downloaded at www.har-bal.com. You will no longer need to test your
mastered
CD in cars,boom boxes, walkmans, etc. The software uses an 8192-point linear
phase FIR filter whose characteristics are designed to match and compensate
for the average spectrum as closely as possible.

The degree to which you can boost and cut a particular region is essentially
unlimited. Har-Bal International has proven that by coupling spectrum
analysis with linear phase digital filtering, Har-Bal provides a powerful,
yet functionally simple means of re-adjusting the spectral balance of sound
recordings…be they original new masters or re-masters of existing works.

Har-Bal International is currently working on a plug-in version for
individual tracks. Har-Bal has definitely taken the pain out of mastering
music and will prove to be a necessary tool in any producer's or engineer's
studio. Har-Bal International may very well be the next Microsoft of the
music industry. Their product really works!

"Ron Waters" wrote in message
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POWERFUL, NEW HARMONIC EQUALIZATION SOFTWARE PRODUCES FLAWLESS SOUND
TRACKS
100% OF THE TIME WITHOUT A MASTERING ENGINEER

I checked http://www.snopes.com but this isn't listed. Yet.


Atlanta, Georgia - August 15, 2003 - Har-Bal International - a joint
venture
between TAQUIS (Australia) and HDQTRZ Digital Studios (US) - announced
today
the release of Har-Bal (Harmonic Balancer) A powerful, new mastering
equalization system for all Windows systems (95,98,ME, NT, 2000 or XP)
that
corrects inconsistencies in mixed track sound files 100 percent of the
time.
Har-Bal will revolutionize the music industry by completely eliminating
the
need to have a mastering engineer in the end production of music files.

So, how did you manage to crunch into the software the individual decision
making ability of Jay Frigoletto and Bob Olhsson and Ted Jensen and Bob Katz
and Bob Ludwig and a host of other mastering engineers?

I don't discount the possibility that the software can make a cut sound
better, but the very suggestion that it will "completely eliminate" the need
for a professional mastering engineer is bull****.

John

John LeBlanc wrote:

"Ron Waters" wrote in message
...

POWERFUL, NEW HARMONIC EQUALIZATION SOFTWARE PRODUCES FLAWLESS SOUND
TRACKS 100% OF THE TIME WITHOUT A MASTERING ENGINEER

I checked http://www.snopes.com but this isn't listed. Yet.

That isn't even a real post; the whole thing was created and sent up by
the new UselessNet MasteryAss PlugWare.

Atlanta, Georgia - August 15, 2003 - Har-Bal International - a joint
venture between TAQUIS (Australia) and HDQTRZ Digital Studios (US) -
announced today the release of Har-Bal (Harmonic Balancer) A powerful,
new mastering equalization system for all Windows systems (95,98,ME, NT,
2000 or XP) that corrects inconsistencies in mixed track sound files 100
percent of the time. Har-Bal will revolutionize the music industry by
completely eliminating the need to have a mastering engineer in the end
production of music files.

So, how did you manage to crunch into the software the individual decision
making ability of Jay Frigoletto and Bob Olhsson and Ted Jensen and Bob Katz
and Bob Ludwig and a host of other mastering engineers?

Judgment, schmudgement, you pack it in there with a ShoeHorn and a
JackHammer. It'll almost fit, too.

I don't discount the possibility that the software can make a cut sound
better, but the very suggestion that it will "completely eliminate" the need
for a professional mastering engineer is bull****.

Tough room here. I have my own special automatic superbeluxe software
and hardware rig that immediately turns lots of music better sounding,
for cheap. It's called a "mute button". Works wonders.

--
hank alrich * secret mountain
audio recording * music production * sound reinforcement
"If laughter is the best medicine let's take a double dose"

John

On 31 Jul 2003 12:43:21 -0700, (Ron Waters) wrote:

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Paavo Jumppanen, Tech. Specs.


POWERFUL, NEW HARMONIC EQUALIZATION SOFTWARE PRODUCES FLAWLESS SOUND TRACKS
100% OF THE TIME WITHOUT A MASTERING ENGINEER


Hmm. I tried it 8-bit and there's nothing an expirienced mastering
engineer couldn't do better. An real-time analyser/EQ Filter combo is
very convenient I admit but then there are ears.

Looks the software is oriented towards those bass-boomers just to
show them how far, really far they have gone, if they ca'nt hear the
thunder grin. Oh please save mastering engineers, they're needed
nowadays more than ever...

Edi Zubovic, Crikvenica, Croatia

POWERFUL, NEW HARMONIC EQUALIZATION SOFTWARE PRODUCES FLAWLESS SOUND TRACKS
100% OF THE TIME WITHOUT A MASTERING ENGINEER

Ever hear of the freefilter plugin? Doesn't look anything new to me.
I know that Orban had some kind of harmonic rebalancing device, as the
local state radio once played a demo I had done with a amateur rock
group... everything sounded soooo good it was almost unbelievable. So
I really think it's been done before, and anyway you do need some
degree of knowledge of acoustics if you want to use the program
effectively...

The degree to which you can boost and cut a particular region is essentially
unlimited.

I though it took all the guessing out of the "art" by doing everything
automatically?? This way it's really back to square one, and back to
the superior "guessing" that a pair of well educated ears with a
properly trained brain will do.

Oh well...


Paul

Chris Hornbeck wrote:

On 31 Jul 2003 12:43:21 -0700, (Ron Waters) wrote:


Har-Bal


My cats have already copyrighted this. Sorry.


L.o.l.!

So, how did you manage to crunch into the software the individual decision
making ability of ...?

Not to mention each of their individual monitor paths and the
acoustics of the rooms that they work in, and about a zillion other
variables.