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Re: CDs to be abandoned by major labels in 2012
11/11/11 06:19 PM
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> A lot of the loudness wars talk sounds like over simplified bullshit to me. It's not
> all as simple as "a brickwall" and although it hurts a lot of stuff, it also helps a
> lot of other stuff. A lot of rap/hip-hop/techno sounds better with the newer
> compression methods than it would without it. And not all remastering deserves to be
> demonized either. A lot of music needs it and still hasn't gotten it or it hasn't
> been done well yet. I agree it often does screw stuff up. All the old Ride albums
> were perfect and the remasters are not much more than an interesting one-listen. I
> definitely think a lot of Floyd stuff could stand a remaster, not sure if the
> Zeppelin stuff has been done correctly yet, it has certainly been done incorrectly,
> plenty of Smiths 80's stuff needs it, tons of classics could use it.
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> I agree about the cd switch, it would bother me if I cared much about any current
> bands. The bands I do like are the type that will have cds anyway or some weird dvd
> audio most likely.
I think the sound of the master tape should be preserved. I cannot speak for hip hop or rap because I don't listen to that type of music. If it, or any music for that matter, needs a certain amount of compression, fine. Let the producer and artist determine that and put it on the master tape that way. Once the master tape is done, the medium that you listen to should be transparent. It shouldn't add or take away anything. To me the only thing remastering should do is remove noise and repair things like tape dropouts, etc. Unfortunately, the sound of the master tape is no longer preserved as the producer / artist intended to sound. It is EQ'd, compressed, clipped, etc.
There is no reason to bring out a higher resolution medium than CD because the resolution of the CD is no longer needed the way things are mastered. Soon 1 bit on or off will be sufficient.
If you want to hear the capabilities of CD, listen to the MFSL versions of "Dark Side Of The Moon" and "The Wall". Listen to the original issue of Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms". One of the best sounding remasters I've heard is from one of my favorite bands Prism. Whoever did the remastering for that album should be hired to teach everyone else how to master CDs. It sounds fantastic.
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