On 18 April 2013 20:49, lixobix <arjtap...@aol.com> wrote: > Tom Crocker wrote > > Currently MB Recordings are often used for any and all captured sounds, > > rather than > > those sufficiently different (which we seemed to agree were those > modified > > by editing or mixing, but not by mastering). > > Is this really a significant problem? I've not come across users adding > recordings for 'any and all captured sounds'. Could someone give some > examples? > > As I see it, mixing, editing, and mastering are the contentious areas. We > seem to be agreed that different mixing and editing results in different > recordings, but not different mastering. This is reflected in my > definition, > as there is no mention of mastering, therefore mastering is not a factor in > determining what a recording is, or distinguishing one from another. > Mastering does not involve mixing of editing a recording. >
I agree, that's the contentious area. Particularly the mastering. What I don't really get is how your definition rules out mastering. I know it mentions other things but it sounds like it has already included mastering in the first bit. > > Tom Crocker wrote > > "A *recording* is a captured series of musical, vocal or other sounds but > > is not associated with the volume, tone, pitch, compression or medium > with > > which it may be released." > > My point is that the only recordings that are added at the moment which we > are intending to exclude are remasters. So long as mastering is excluded > from the definition, that will be sufficient. This one is confusing as it > says a recording is not associated with volume, tone, pitch, or > compression; > all of which may be involved in a recording. > I realised that, what about the second one? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://musicbrainz.1054305.n4.nabble.com/RFC-STYLE-208-New-Recordings-Guidelines-tp4651054p4651732.html > Sent from the MusicBrainz - Style mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >
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