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Old 03.06.2011, 05:14 PM   #21
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Old 03.07.2011, 03:02 AM   #22
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Wow. I'm genuinely surprised by the nos.

I'm an emphatic yes, having listened to it. But it looks like that's not going to be the majority opinion. Shame.
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Old 03.07.2011, 03:11 AM   #23
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Why not just make two versions of it - one mastered and one unmastered? It'll keep everyone happy
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Old 03.07.2011, 03:46 AM   #24
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I suspect if that was done, there'd be a preference for the 'mastered' one.

NB I'm getting increasingly concerned that it's the word 'master' which people are worrying about. No brick-walling.
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Old 03.07.2011, 09:51 AM   #25
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The only track that needed a little work with the volume channels was SONIC GAIL's. I did it myself with her approval. Everything else seems decently recorded enough and doesn't sound bad when listened to in one go. Anyway, again: NO.

It's all good I have a shitty recording set up right now and just appreciate being included
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Old 03.07.2011, 11:28 AM   #26
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I'd like to hear one track done in both and see which I like better.
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Old 03.07.2011, 01:42 PM   #27
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Old 03.07.2011, 02:34 PM   #28
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I'd like to hear one track done in both and see which I like better.
You probably wouldn't hear the difference at all.
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Old 03.07.2011, 04:37 PM   #29
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How is changing the volume compression? Just wondering...

This is for everyone Derek not just you.

Changing the volume isn't compression and not a single sentence like that was used.

To level the volumes of all tracks compression has to be used to control transient peaks so nothing passes above a certain threshold. This threshhold is generally -1db. This kind of compression does not mean brick wall limiting to make the whole thing louder.

It appears that 99.5% of the people on here think mastering is just brickwall limiting. This is quite simply not the case. There has been such debate about it on here and everyone knows exactly what they are talking about and everyone is an expert, so I doubt this compilation will sound any good except for the few people who know how to record their shit.

I was up for doing the mastering but now I simply couldn't give a fuck at all. Don't care if it sounds shithouse or not.

Whomever is putting it together can just put it through Toast and level the volumes that way. Which by the way is a compression algorithm.
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Old 03.07.2011, 05:36 PM   #30
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volume levelling involves compression.
Is changing the volume and levelling the volume 2 different things? Either way, this thread is silly and Gab should have done what he wanted with the comp on his own terms and no one would have complained from either side.
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Old 03.07.2011, 05:40 PM   #31
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Yes

Changin the volume and levelling the volume across a whole group of tracks are different things.

Changin the volume is just pulling the masters up or down. Levelling is part of the mastering process.

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Is changing the volume and levelling the volume 2 different things? Either way, this thread is silly and Gab should have done what he wanted with the comp on his own terms and no one would have complained from either side.
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Old 03.09.2011, 06:26 PM   #32
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Is changing the volume and levelling the volume 2 different things? Either way, this thread is silly and Gab should have done what he wanted with the comp on his own terms and no one would have complained from either side.
The idea was Glice's, do your whinging to him. I don't care about the mastering this much. Quality of the music surely should be a priority in all this?
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Old 03.09.2011, 11:23 PM   #33
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Quality of the music surely should be a priority in all this?

No point in good music with crap representation. That is all.
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Old 03.10.2011, 03:00 AM   #34
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No point in good music with crap representation. That is all.
Yeah, right.
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Old 03.10.2011, 05:30 AM   #35
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The idea was Glice's, do your whinging to him. I don't care about the mastering this much. Quality of the music surely should be a priority in all this?
I'm not "whinging" at all.
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Old 03.10.2011, 02:18 PM   #36
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Whichever the case, and judging from those who voted on this thread, there won't be any mastering. The sooner we get this thing finished and over with the better.
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Old 03.28.2011, 06:20 AM   #37
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Old 03.28.2011, 06:42 AM   #38
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Old 03.28.2011, 07:07 AM   #39
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Old 03.29.2011, 01:28 AM   #40
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this thing finished yet, i want to hear it. i know there are some talented people here so hurry up and get it done.
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