Archimago wrote: > I had to use the online dictionary - I guess quisling means 'traitor', > right? > > Maybe we should put together a 'wall of shame' of mastering engineers > and post it up somewhere :-) Anyone else you guys would nominate... > someone whose body of work has resulted in sonic disasters like > clipping, severe dynamic range compression turned up to 15/10? > > Personally the worst mastering I have seen is The Stooges' "Raw Power" > with DR0 (yup, dynamic range of ZERO dB)... But that was done with Iggy > Pop's guidance so I guess the artist wanted that :-(
And it could be problematic anyway the artist could be missguided and convinced by the record company's exec that" it is supposed to sound like that nowadays " Metallica , Rush . And the master engineer is usually a hired hand that does what he is toold to do . But as you say it could have gone to the other extreme someone finding a livelihood being really good at this sham work :/ and hence gets all,the work from the record companies and ,yes undermining the whole art form . But it could be hard to draw the line and they are actually people . We may be better by continue the usual practice of single out the bad masters and write about that ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97545 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
