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sphelan · #16 (**permalink**) 17th September 2008 , 08:14 AM

Thanks guys for the advice...a limiter has now been put on my ever expanding wish list!!!

mrfracas · #17 (**permalink**) 17th September 2008 , 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sphelan

Thanks guys for the advice...a limiter has now been put on my ever expanding wish list!!!

Do those faces represent a funny five minutes?

Or the three emoticon stooges?

sphelan · #18 (**permalink**) 17th September 2008 , 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mrfracas

Do those faces represent a funny five minutes?

Or the three emoticon stooges?

1st is get excited about a new goal. 2nd is reality rearing its ugly head. 3rd is the return of optimism...maybe some day I'll have all I want!!!

mrfracas · #19 (**permalink**) 17th September 2008 , 09:00 AM

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1st is get excited about a new goal. 2nd is reality rearing its ugly head. 3rd is the return of optimism...maybe some day I'll have all I want!!!

Haha!! Brilliant. I get that all the time.

and repeat. No wait, that's bi-polar, I think. I'm not bi-polar.

sphelan · #20 (**permalink**) 17th September 2008 , 09:13 AM

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Haha!! Brilliant. I get that all the time.

and repeat. No wait, that's bi-polar, I think. I'm not bi-polar.

bi-polar? multi-polar?...I see you in multi-colour

TrevCircleStudios · #21 (**permalink**) 19th December 2008 , 01:31 PM

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It is as flawed technically as can be. When I say "terrible" I mean total failure terrible. I think part of the problem is the usual race to make the loudest album in recorded history, and this time it went way too far. The other problem is that the story is, for some unknowable reason, that the record was mixed through a limiter for volume on the mix-buss. I couldn't tell you why. The results are predictable. You've already ripped half the peaks off and induced a haze of distortion before it ever *thinks* about entering the building for mastering, where it will be further abused.

How did it clear A/R QC? I don't know...how did Jar-Jar Binks clear George Lucas' daily's? How did Feist's last album ever make it out of the mix stage? How did Vista ever make it's way onto retail shelves all over the world? I've been around long enough to know that record companies exist to sell advertising on the radio. They make much, much more money that way. They couldn't care less about how a record sounds. It's loud, it sounds like Metallica, let's go out and get a beer. Done.

Frank

On a similar subject, anyone heard the new Oasis album? I'm sure it's been mixed only to massage Liam's ego but transients? Bassline? Hello? Am less than impressed with the mix.

FrankGIK · #22 (**permalink**) 19th December 2008 , 03:24 PM

I am less and less impressed with the way everything below about 250Hz is mixed off albums these days. I am in love with the sound of the Frames' album "The Cost" sounds...rich, full sounds with a really well represented low midrange. Yes, it's dark...but it's so indulgently, decadently mixed...I love it.

Modern pop/rock mixing sucks.

Frank

Meander · #23 (**permalink**) 21st December 2008 , 01:31 PM

"I've been around long enough to know that record companies exist to sell advertising on the radio." harsh but true.

THe CHilli Pepper's "Californication" is also the result of a f****d up limiter and other shady production "tricks". Bring back the difference.

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FrankGIK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 134	I am less and less impressed with the way everything below about 250Hz is mixed off albums these days. I am in love with the sound of the Frames' album "The Cost" sounds...rich, full sounds with a really well represented low midrange. Yes, it's dark...but it's so indulgently, decadently mixed...I love it. Modern pop/rock mixing sucks. Frank ______________________________ Frank Oesterheld GIK Acoustics GIK Bradford Now Open! www.gikacoustics.com (+44) 020 7558 8976 (UK)
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#16 (permalink) 17th September 2008 , 08:14 AM
sphelan Costa Del Cool Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 1,697	Thanks guys for the advice...a limiter has now been put on my ever expanding wish list!!!
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Meander Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Caerdydd Posts: 95	"I've been around long enough to know that record companies exist to sell advertising on the radio." harsh but true. THe CHilli Pepper's "Californication" is also the result of a f****d up limiter and other shady production "tricks". Bring back the difference.
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