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Update to Mr. Mastering Engineer
Alas, here are the charts. I felt they were a needed visual aid to help explain further what I'm talking about in this post. On the top, we have a "traditional" recording of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. You can see the soft sections of the piece and, clearly distinct, the loud sections (particularly the cannons firing at the end).
The second image is another song from my collection, Doomsday Clock, by Smashing Pumpkins. Neither of these files have been touched by ReplayGain or any other leveling program, this is how they look straight off the CD.
The second image is another song from my collection, Doomsday Clock, by Smashing Pumpkins. Neither of these files have been touched by ReplayGain or any other leveling program, this is how they look straight off the CD.
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Wow, you've got to e kidding. Any way to fix it??Posted 09-03-07 at 11:44 AM by Krunk_Kracker
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Nope. Once the damage is done, it's done.
You could use a device like a Behringer Multicom to try and re-create dynamics, but that's just signal processing after-the-fact, rather than doing it right up front. I've only heard dynamic expander once, and it did a decent job, but clearly was not the original recording.Posted 09-03-07 at 12:18 PM by Chipp
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Hooray for sound engineers mastering the sound for iTunes-listening, laptop-speaker folks. Those of us with an appreciation for decent sound quality get screwed. Independent labels ftw?Posted 01-05-08 at 12:29 AM by ted 
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Indeed.
Posted 01-06-08 at 12:55 PM by Chipp
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky = great composer
Posted 01-31-08 at 06:39 PM by mega_option101
