Denne FAQ, syntes jeg er meget interessant at læse:

http://www.drtmastering.com/faq2.htm

Citat:

Mastering engineers must be fluent in both the artistic and technical areas of music-making. Good communications skills are also critical, since a lot of terms are used to describe sound. For example: "It needs to sound big, resonant, fat, warm, ambient, taut, sweet, present, smooth and live. It needs air, sparkle, depth, brilliance, impact, punch, focus, clarity and definition." The goal is to understand and accept the producer's guidance and then add or remove only what the music requires, not a bit more. It sounds simple... (Was it Michelangelo who referred to carving statues as "getting rid of the unnecessary stone"?) Often the changes are subtle, but the response from the producer or label exec should always be "That's it! Sounds like a record!"

Det lader til at det ikke kun er hifi-interesserede, der skal lære en masse begrebers betydning.


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Et af de vigtige hovedpunkter i FAQ'en, syntes jeg er et argument for brug af kompression.

Argumentet går på, at for at gøre det 'Radio ready', vælger man at komprimere lidt ekstra fra produktionens side, fordi man så mener at radiostationernes behov for at komprimere ekstra, vil falde.

Producenten mener at det er lettere at kontrollere bivirkningerne af kompression under produktionen, frem for at lade radiostationerne bruge en dårligere teknisk løsning.

Radiostationerne komprimerer stadig, men ikke lige så meget, og lige så tilfældigt.


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