Let's all sit in a circle and talk about mastering

mosc · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:04 pm Post subject:

Too bad about the iPod not playing ogg files.

I think they sound much better than mp3 at the same bitrates.

Cyx, how do you think they sound, from your experiment?

paul e. · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:10 pm Post subject:

audion on mac plays ogg vorbis..and encodes too...

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:19 pm Post subject:

Ogg on OS X is no problem at all. The only issue here is the iPod.

mosc · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject:

Cyxeris · Joined: Oct 30, 2003 Posts: 1125 Location: Louisville, KY

F7sound · Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Tampa, FL

Nice to see so much talk about mastering. I master quite a bit for outside clients, and most of the time, they want their music LOUD, just like all of the other CDs that they buy. Even if they are losing dynamic range and stereo image and everything else. They only accept LOUD like other music. I find this in pop, rap, hip-hop, and even smooth jazz. Yes even smooth jazz.

Now, rather than bitch about it, I realize that my job when mastering is to make my paying clients happy. LOUD makes them happy. Simple as that.

Something else to consider: do you know that some people think that "mp3" is better quality than "CD"? Those are "some people" who purchase music (or illegally download) it. Strange.

Michael Oster
F7 Sound and Vision
ReGurgiTron - loud, just the way you like it!

mosc · Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:55 am Post subject:

aquanaut · Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 3:31 pm Post subject:

For Logic users...Can be done also with PTFree...

http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/html/faq22.htm