On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 01:07:47PM -0500, Brent Busby wrote: > 1) To use spectrum analyzers and careful listening to try to > understand the "tone" that the commercial mastering world has > apparently agreed on, and > > 2) To figure out why I would want that. On most decent speakers, > it seems to sound thin and lack authority. It's terrible having to > cater to the lowest common denominator. If someone's paying you to do some mixing/mastering job, and that's all there is to it, just do as the customer wants and get your money. OTOH, if you do have some artistic responsability, I see no reason why you should follow the mainstream (*) or want to do that. I agree that almost all pop music today sounds anemic. Male singers sound as if their b***s are in a vise, a combination of EQ that almost removes the fundamental and auto'talent'. Females sound as if ********* CENSORED **********. And it's not limited to pop. At least half of the classical releases today are being peppered up in ways that has nothing at all to do with a natural live sound. Ciao, (*) "Do you know what's on the bottom of the mainstream ?" "Mediocrity !" (From 'Death in Venice', T. Mann / L. Visconti) -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
