On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 22:09 -0400, Al Thompson wrote: > On 10/19/2011 09:40 PM, Ricardus Vincente wrote: > > > >> Alas, along came computers. Along came someone with the bright idea of > >> totally automating what it was that the mastering engineer did. > > When I master I use a variety of tools, including jamin, but i don't > > use one setting, and I don't know any credible mastering engineer who > > does use some automated setting. That's just crazy. > > > > And that's my point. NOBODY who knows and values his art (i.e.- a > professional) would ever use a "set and forget" configuration. However, > that's exactly what many of the "mastering plugins" offer. I've played > with some on Windows that ever had preset names that let you know it was > supposed to be a Bob Ludwig preset, for example. My guess is that > almost all of the users of these programs simply select a preset and > don't change on thing, partly because they have no idea what they do or > how they interact, but also because they are listening on a $100 pair of > Behringer monitors and can't really hear any differences less than 3db > (and NOTHING below 60Hz). > > These people would end up with a much better sounding, more original > track if they simply mixed through a variety of monitors until it > sounded like they want it to, checked levels, and called it a day. Sure, but unfortunately, since most people making records today don't have that luxury, they DO need a credible mastering engineer. So my recommendation is not to pay money to any person using the BOB LUDWIG preset. :-) Rich... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
