up to eleven
thinking about the first cd masterings we did back in the days i mostly remember the phrase the opening track has to be loud. admittetly when playing back a brand new cd the speaker should be pumping or you’ll gonna be disappointed. however good dynamic response is a must, for this has been one of the killer features when compact discs were introduced. nowadays peak meters barely move anymore and music suffers from flat overcompressed programme material:
christopher null wrote:
The key to the problem is that, in making the soft parts of a track louder (in the process making the entire track loud), you lose detail in the song: The difference between what’s supposed to be loud and what’s supposed to be soft becomes less and less. The result is that, sure, the soft parts of a song are nice and loud, but big noises like drum beats become muffled and fuzzy. But consumers often subconsciously equate loudness with quality, and thus, record producers pump up the volume. Anything to make a buck.
reminds me of spinal tap:
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and…
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it’s louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You’re on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you’re on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don’t know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/33549
www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/quotes
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hmm, altes problem ;)
mittlerweile ist natürlich alles schon auf 12. denn die industrie antwortet mit neuen tools, die lauter können mit einem minimum an verzerrungen und artefakten. desweiteren muss man wissen, wie man lauter macht, ohne gleich ein brett als audiofile zu bekommen. meiner meinung nach kann man bei einem guten mix ordentlich lautstärke bekommen, ohne allzu viel dynamik zu verlieren. im bassbereich liegt viel energie versteckt, die man in lautstärke “umwandeln” kann. ausserdem ist der bereich der oberen mitten ein segment, dass lautheit vermittelt. manchmal hilt ein anheben dieses bereichs auch ein bissl. das sind jetzt nur ein paar beispiele wie man der in der tat kompetitiven situation herr werden kann ;) ein jutes neues!