This discussion came into my head this morning and I recalled a thing that
happened several years ago. A friend of mine and I (both of us about the
same age) were working at a job (must have been mid to late 1990s) with a
younger guy who was into stuff like Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Nirvana,
etc. Decent music but he was curious about where the music had come from so
we started feeding him stuff like the Sex Pistols, the Stooges, Ramones,
etc. Except for the Ramones he didn't like the earlier music that much
because of the sound quality. He said something to the effect that it
sounded thin and low budget compared to the newer productions.
MEK
"Brian 'balistic'
Prince" To: 313@hyperreal.org
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production and mastering
02/05/03 10:56 PM
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"Brian 'balistic'
Prince"
The only production technique that consistently annoys me is the
over-use of compression. Many producers will say they do it to get
their tracks noticed, or to give them "presence" . . . I would
suggest, if you find that people only notice your tracks when you
eliminate your dynamic range and make everything blaringly-loud,
you've probably got bigger worries than poor production.
An over-compressed track is like a black and white photograph that's
90% flat white and 10% flat black black, with no grey in between.
But then I prefer digital to vinyl . . .
*runs away*
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Brian "balistic" Prince
http://www.bprince.com - art and techno
