Comments on Profile Post by Merrick

  1. Ringingears
    Ringingears
    Last 15? Try many of the re-masters of 50+ years old albums too. If you could only get the rights, I think you'd have a viable business model. You might consider re-mixing some of them as well. Think Steven Wilson and his Jethro Tull re-mixes. Excellent.
    Aug 26, 2017
  2. Merrick
    Merrick
    Good masterings already exist for most popular music older than 15-20 years old, although many of those good masterings may be out of print now. For a lot of albums in that 15-20 year range, no good dynamic masterings have ever been released.
    Aug 26, 2017
  3. Merrick
    Merrick
    Also remixes can be fun but I just want to hear some great music from the last two decades in their original mixes with full dynamics.
    Aug 26, 2017
  4. landroni
    landroni
    Is this a serious consideration or more like a 'would be awesome' idea?
    Aug 26, 2017
  5. Dino
    Dino
    Heavy peak limiting started in 1994, pretty much. But I'd take what I could get. (If you take requests, please start with smashed Bowie and Black Keys albums produced by Danger Mouse.) You would make me rather poor but very happy!
    Aug 26, 2017
  6. dmckean44
    dmckean44
    I think a lot of recent music is peak limted during mixing even before mastering.
    Aug 26, 2017
  7. Dino
    Dino
    I've thought that it would be wonderful if there were some re-releases ala Steve Wilson remixes, but for different reasons. Rather than recreating the original mixed sound because of worn (or whatever) 2 channel master tapes, remixing the multi-track to dynamic 2 channel master tapes. (In cases like @dmckean44 mentioned.) Those that are not squashed in the mix just get dynamic remastering.
    Aug 26, 2017
  8. Merrick
    Merrick
    @landroni More of a "would be awesome" kind of idea. But who knows, maybe that becomes something more with time.
    Aug 27, 2017
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  9. Ringingears
    Ringingears
    Limiting during mixing might be a question for LFF. They might. My understanding is it occurs most often during mastering as vinyl has made a come back.
    Aug 27, 2017
  10. Merrick
    Merrick
    Some amount of limiting/compression isn't also necessarily the end of the world. It's just when they squash it so bad that all the dynamics are gone that it's really a problem.
    Aug 27, 2017
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  11. Ringingears
    Ringingears
    From what I have read it has use in getting the drums and bass not to overpower the other instruments and vocals.
    Aug 27, 2017
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