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Re: OT Re: Beer Budget CD Release ...headache from cds

If you want a good read on this topic - and learn more than you might want to know about compressors, EQ etc, read Bob Katz' book Mastering Audio.  It's great reading and he lays into the topic with full, irrefutable force. 

It's a really great book and I learned a lot reading it.

Quite often CDs are compressed for listening in cars.  Then it goes out over the radio and is compressed again.  I can't listen to much music on radio anymore - sometimes it just sounds SO AWFUL - even crackly and thin. 

But I think that's why the record we did last year got so much airplay - because it wasn't compressed to death.  Then when it played on the radio (and got compressed) it got all these great comments about the fidelity etc.  

That was mastered by Gavin Lurssen.  And he's really great!

R  

richard sales


On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Matthew F. McCabe wrote:

On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Per Boysen wrote:

Most people listen to music in noisy cars or in public areas where the
music just disappears into the background noise if not compressed that
way. People need to stop listening to music and start listening to
music!

I don't know.  I've found that when listening to FM radio, turning up the volume in an attempt to hear individual instruments has the opposite effect - things get muddy or "out of focus" if you will.  Turning it down, seems to help, plus it reduces ear fatigue.  However, the best solution is turning off the radio off altogether!

Matt

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