On 8/28/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I get a kick out of high-end hifi gear. The professional studio
> stuff is usually less expensive and more accurate. However, I
> can say on good authority that you don't necessarily want that
> in your own system. Why? Mastering. When a song is "Mastered",
> it is polished and glossed up to sound right for the following
> purposes: Radio, Album, On-Line, TV/Video, Dance. Each of these
> receives different types of processing and eq'ing. The music is
> mastered not for the "ideal" audio system, but for the normal
> system in normal listening environments.
A friend who sold me a digital recording mixer and microphone for some
work I do told me that most guys take the CD down to their car when
they've recorded something to see how it sounds. I have to admit to
ripping a master down to MP3 to see how it comes over computer
speakers.
Sigh ...
Joel W.
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