"David W. Tamkin" wrote:
> the problem which I described as "mastered too softly" is not that the soft
> passages are soft -- they're supposed to be, after all -- but that the loud-
> est ones are too soft. My trouble is tracks where the peak is at -6 to -4
But even the loudest part of a track does not need to match the loudest
part of the whole album. Most producers create albums as a whole, not a
collection of tracks to be played individually.
> include the weak peaks. That's why I disagree very strongly with your proc-
> lamation of a couple weeks ago that digital gain adjustment on home recording
> devices is an absolutely horrible thing that never should have been invented;
> for me it's indispensable.
I never said it was a horrible thing, I believe I said it was insane, or
something to that effect. Regardless, I will recant that statement.
Digital signal gain is useful. As long as the default is no gain
change. I prefer my digital dubs to be clones. If I need to process
the signal, I will use other methods.
> And Steve, if your idea of older music is Peter Gabriel, it's not surprising
> that there's little if any overlap in our collections.
It really upsets me when people misrepresent what I say. Nowhere did I
say that Peter Gabriel is older music. I consider Peter Gabriel and the
album "Security" to be quite modern, particularly since it was ahead of
it's time sonically. I also mentioned "Aqualung" and I guess that isn't
old enough for you either? How about "Kind of Blue?" Getting better?
How 'bout the Raymond Scott Project? that was from the '20's. Or the
Arias of Enrico Caruso. (lovingly restored by Dr. Tom Stockam.)
Recording has only been around for 100 years or so, so you can't get
much older than Caruso. Unless you mean older music that has been
recorded in our modern times. I particularly like Bach's Toccatta
Adagio and Fugue in C. That's pretty old. And there are some old
English minstrel songs that I like, (especially the bawdy ones.) Those
are almost 1000 years old. And then there are the Egyptian drummers
that I have recorded, who are playing rhythms that are probably over
2000 years old. So, now is there any overlap in our collections? Do I
care? No, I only care when people misrepresent me. Please don't do so
again.
-steve
-steve
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