On Sep 6, 4:14 pm, "Deputy Dumbya Dawg" wrote:
If you want to hear the recordings as they were heard in the
mastering suite or control room you should be asking about how
to get your room/system to sound like a professional control
room or mastering room. Once you have an accurate room and
transparent full range equipment then maybe you will hear what
the recordings sounded like when they were created by the
artists and tech people. Then maybe you will get it.
Obviously different control rooms sound different then, otherwise
recordings wouldn't vary so much!
Trying to EQ and compress each recording to satisfy your
If you'd read my question and follow-up comments you'd have noticed
I don't want compression. I'm only talking about tweaks that make it
more seamless to blend one track into another so that if someone
likeminded was listening they wouldn't be itching to tickle the tone
controls. I'm sure you would hear an immediate difference in clarity
between some dull early CDs from the mid 80s and later remasters, and
then something as smooth as Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence and then
as harsh as a U2 track I can't remember the name of, then some
pounding R&B tracks, etc etc etc.
Each one doesn't sound too bad in isolation, when the ear has had time
to relax in between, but leap from one to another and it's
immediately apparent if you're anywhere near as good at hearing as you
think you are.
Compare the bass-light and somewhat harsh Eurythmics with a booming
bit of dub reggae. Then, what if I'm transfering from a load of old
vinyl and my cartridge isn't particularly stellar (but good enough
with a tweak?), and a box full of old tapes that not only varied in
quality to start with but now also vary by tape quality/alignment/
biasing errors, and another box of minidiscs that I'd like to get
sorted out while I've still got something that plays them....? Heck, I
could even go through a load of FM or satellite radio stations that
all sound different... obviously these radio folk are as convinced as
you are that they know what they're doing and yet one station sounds
fine, another too bright, another as dull as dishwater!
Get a grip - sound quality varies from these so-called professionals.
liking on an unknown system and room response is self
indulgence and not something most other people will appreciate
like you want to. I feel you are fixin to make more problems
for yourself and others down the line, especially if one of
your processed songs is played on another system different
from the unknown one you were listening to while making your
processing choices.
That's exactly what I said I was wary of. I only want an easier, more
scientific way to make the small changes at home instead of later at
the radio studio.
Finished when you are 60 is assuming you are now 18.
If only - that was a long time ago! I can still hear 19kHz though
)
You guys really aren't getting it, are you?
peace
I believe you.