So, I got a referral from a good friend to record a comedy show. Ended up being Jack Gallagher, local comedian, actor, and the guy you hear telling you to check your luggage at the Sacto airport. Gallagher made the crowd laugh for an hour, then rocked out with a 5 piece band for the rest of the evening. I took out my “B” rig for the event, tracks came out great!
Yup, just getting around to talking about NAMM from January. But, regardless, these are the two coolest products I saw.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=309320164988&index=1
Come out. I’ll be running sound.
5 Worst Audio Trends of the Noughties
Good read, shitty mp3s, excessive auto tune, crappy mixes.
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A Note on Loudness
There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the issue of loudness. There are pros and cons to having high levels, but there’s a point where it can be too loud or too quiet. A misconception about a loud file is that it will sound louder on the radio, when in fact the opposite is true. Going through all the compressors on the broadcast can clamp onto a signal and hold it back. The louder a song, the smaller it will sound on the radio.
Similarly, a misconception about MP3s is that the louder the song, the better they sound. The purpose of an MP3 is essentially to shrink the file size, which occurs by eliminating data. The algorithms are designed to throw away data below a certain threshold. Low-level information is discarded. A highly compressed song has no low-level content, therefore the algorithm is throwing away information you can hear.
from UA interview,
5 Things You Need to Know About Mastering Your MusicBy Michael Romanowski
http://www.uaudio.com/webzine/2009/december/basics.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ZINE200912&utm_source=eNews:uad1:uad2&utm_content=/webzine/2009/december/basics.html
