I hope you volunteered your services to CC then Todd, after all you know him better than most. ;-)
(I've never heard the Work Out CD so I can't judge. However I have a few mix CDs by CC and the sound on these seems ok. Surely one would think an audibly 'damaged' recording would not be passed as fit for release by CC? He's not alone amongst recording artists for being a stickler, but it's clear that he is one.) K -----Original Message----- From: Todd Sines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2007 17:29 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Carl Craig :: The Workout He probably engineered it himself though... Mastering is usually handled by the label to give it a second listen with fresh ears. I engineered the Death in Vegas mix for Richard Fearless for Fabric. Levels were adjusted by me and then adjusted again by the mastering facility that Fabric uses. They hear stuff you don't after listening to it over and over. I highly recommend that you let a mastering facility have the final say vs. the artist, because you become so attached and used to things, it's hard for you to think outside of it. I also do some compilation CD mastering and import all of the CD tracks into Live, use a multi-band compressor on it all, match the levels from song to song and normalize it. Haven't had a complaint yet. now, as for getting on the microphone and adding to all of the tracks your own MC'ing... that is another story. +odd PS: http://www.toddsines.com/ ... new reviews of the new release on Frankie PPS: playing in Chicago next Wednesday 07 Feb, available Thurs + Friday .. plus also booking European tour dates for April + May now. and dates for Asia in July. get in touch: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matt Kane's Brain wrote: > In any case, Carl Craig didn't master this so it's a silly reason not to > buy his mixes. > > On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:57, robin wrote: > >> >> Is it not just really squashed with a compressor rather than clipped? >> >> The two situations look the same in a wave editor (still doesn't help >> the sound quality issue though, I hate "squashed" mastering). >> >> Kent? :) >> >> robin... >> >> Williams, Graham wrote: >>> I recently bought "The Workout" mix cd, I haven't bought a cd in years, >>> but what a disappointment, when I was listen to it, it sounded a bit >>> rough, kinda like it was clipping, so I opened it in Sound Forge to have >>> a look. At least 50% of the mix must have been in the red when it was >>> recorded. What a disgrace. I wont be buying a CC mix cd again. Anyone >>> else have this mix ? >>> G > > -- > matt kane's brain > http://hydrogenproject.com > aim -> mkbatwerk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Todd Sines director + SCALE : http://www.scale.gs/ +1.646.330.4873 studio 195 Chrystie St. #403A, NY, NY 10002 ////////////////////////////////////// connecting the space between + within.
