mlsstl wrote: > Unfortunately, the fads & fashions in the recording industry right now > are not now very favorable to those who like their music natural > sounding. Using the word "fashion" hits the nail on the head. Extreme compression and peak limiting is the currently fashionable way to master recordings. But as we all know, fashions come and go.
I think that the current fashion in mastering is akin to the insanely flared trousers and stack heels that we used wear in the 1970's. Back in those days, it was *unthinkable* for people of my generation to wear straight trousers - they would have zero street-cred. And so it is with mastering these days. The herd mentality requires that they compress the hell out of everything - not to do so would result in other people pointing and laughing. The goal is no longer to make things as loud as possible - the characteristic sound you get from extreme compression is what they're aiming for. Extra loudness is a secondary "benefit". Those of us who long for the days of sensible mastering practices are like the older generation who back in the 1970's used to tell me I looked ridiculous and to get a haircut. And of course in retrospect they were right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95771 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
