2013/8/12 Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Am 12.08.2013 02:47, schrieb Diego Simak: >> 2013/8/11 Ralph Bluecoat <ralphbluecoat@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> It's not possible to "undo" the mastering job once it has been bounced. >>> You'll sadly have to live with it. >>> >>> Sorry for your ears, >>> >>> -R >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> It's been a while since I did anything with linux audio, or even had much >>>> to do with music, but now I'm attempting to listen to music that has been >>>> recently released, and find it unlistenable. >>>> >>>> The mastering! The compression! It burns!! It burns!!! Auugh, my ears!! >>>> >>>> I mean, it's obviously distorted. I can hear the clipping. People are >>>> putting out released tracks that I can't listen to without getting a >>>> splitting headache. >>>> >>>> Is there any such thing that I might be able to pipe into an ALSA or JACK >>>> setup, which would repair these broken tracks? >>>> >>>> It's sad. It's like people are mastering for laptop speakers, cellphone >>>> speakers, or earbuds, and nothing else. >>>> >>>> FWIW, as an example, I've just stumbled across the music of Amanda Palmer, >>>> downloaded her latest album, I think the music is great, or could be, but I >>>> can't listen to it because of the mastering. >>>> >>>> -ken >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Linux-audio-user mailing list >>>> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-audio-user mailing list >>> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >>> >> >> >> see this post from Claude Young: >> >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/114569084697251798925/posts/czFWAWSvBXY > > I think this smells a bit like snake-oil. > > The EQ/Filtering/Compression/Anything in a rendered signal *is* the > signal now and there is no way telling, what aspect of the signal is > introduced by the filtering and what part is the pristine, "hifi > original". You can make estimations based on common "standards" and try > to reverse, what *you* dislike in the signal but you cannot effectively > restore the signal before mastering. > very clear your explanation, thanks Shame on you Claude Young, shame on you! ;-D _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
