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Yeah, I'm not griping, it sounds good enough.
I just have an issue with how the big labels do things in general.
I just have an issue with how the big labels do things in general.
I guess there's always a vinyl version to avoid clipping.
Vertigo is much worse than boots
Wow - they both suck.
i appreciate the phat bass on this track
might I suggest reading this:
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f196/arnie-acosta-mastering-nloth-192033.html
Show me a recent major label release that is not mastered too loud.
Does anybody know anything about C J Eiriksson ?
Apparently, the new Guns 'n Roses one isn't. I don't have the record though.
As for Get On Your Boots, I'm not making a judgement based on a MP3.
I have the Chinese Democracy CD and the mastering by Bob Ludwig sounds really great. If anything, IMO that CD could use a tiny bit more compression and loudness, which is something I've never thought in the last 10 years for any release.
I expect nothing less than another scorching ear bleeder from the new U2 cd. That GOYB waveform certainly does nothing to ease my fears. It does look slightly better than Vertigo. No wonder I cant Listen to Bomb without my ears fatiguing and turning it off in about 3 tracks.
Probably because most of it was only recorded and mastered 10 years ago, being Chinese Democracy and all!
Clipping. Offense. 15 yards. Repeat 2nd down.
I keep trying in the request thread and nobody has sent me one---I just want a decent MP3 of boots! Anyone, anyone?
runbyu1@softcom.net
Thanks in advance!
I have the Chinese Democracy CD and the mastering by Bob Ludwig sounds really great. If anything, IMO that CD could use a tiny bit more compression and loudness, which is something I've never thought in the last 10 years for any release.
I expect nothing less than another scorching ear bleeder from the new U2 cd. That GOYB waveform certainly does nothing to ease my fears. It does look slightly better than Vertigo. No wonder I cant Listen to Bomb without my ears fatiguing and turning it off in about 3 tracks.
Probably because most of it was only recorded and mastered 10 years ago, being Chinese Democracy and all!
In October, when I first heard some of final mixes which were incredibly multi-layered and dense, I was surprised by two things: The mixes were so finally honed that doing the smallest move sounded like I had done a lot and also that adding the typical amount of compression used in mastering these days took the life and musicality out of the recordings in a big way.
The trial disc I submitted to the producers had 3 versions: The one I personally liked had no compression that was used just for loudness, only compression that was needed for great sounding rock and roll. Then, knowing how competitive everything is these days, I made two more masterings, one with more compression and another with yet more compression, but even the loudest one wasn’t remotely as loud as some recent CDs. Hoping that at least one of these would satisfy Axl and Caram Costanzo, the co-producers of the record, I was floored when I heard they decided to go with my full dynamics version and the loudness-for-loudness-sake versions be damned.
It's only 99 cents at iTunes.
HTDAAB was horrible in terms of loudness and clipping, and it looks like NLOTH will be a bit better (less clipping, more dynamics - it does matter!!)
Hopefully this will be a the beginning of a downward trend!