I actually had a client not pay me about a year ago for a mastering job
because it wasn't touthpasted. They went and redid it with another
engineer who did. And they had the audacity (Spelling?) to use my mixes
without paying for them.
Shai
בתאריך 11/03/14 12:18 PM, ציטוט Tom Fine:
> Yes. I lump them with record company hacks.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Cham" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Neil Young wants to take h igh-resoluti on
> FLAC audio recordings mainstrea m with Pono - Tech New s and Analysis
>
>
>> Let's not forget the producers in this. Back when I was very active
>> in recording, they were the main proponents of louder is better.
>>
>> Bob Cham
>>
>>
>>
>>> Apple, because it's Apple, hates FLAC and refuses to allow it in
>>> iTunes. Meanwhile, Sony is belatedly putting on a big push for
>>> native DSD, including a hardware/marketing push. So it's likely to
>>> be muddled, SACD vs DVD-A all over again. That said, anything to
>>> promote higher-quality downloads is a Good Thing in my book. I
>>> include in that Mastered for iTunes, but note that the vast majority
>>> of material sold on iTunes was not well mastered or well converted
>>> to the lossy format. Newer stuff, if it carries the Mastered for
>>> iTunes certification is better.
>>>
>>> On another front, I'm seeing slight signs of progress against
>>> terrible-sounding toothpaste MAKE IT LOUDER mastering. Just the fact
>>> that the high-rez downloads places are demanding reasonable dynamics
>>> is trickling down to the CD mastering. I've now heard enough tales
>>> of woe from mastering engineers -- "The Artist Made Me Do It" or
>>> "The Record Company Suit Made Me Do It" -- that I tend to believe
>>> them, that Make It Louder is completely the fault of tin-eared
>>> artists and record company hacks. But that doesn't make the results
>>> sound any better!
>>>
>>> --Tom Fine
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stamps" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 6:20 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Neil Young wants to take h igh-resolution
>>> FLAC audio recordings mainstrea m with Pono - Tech News and Analysis
>>>
>>>> I hope all the players update their software so FLAC will play on
>>>> everything, but unfortunately it's not possible since many players
>>>> (both software and hardware) sold and/or distributed in the past
>>>> cannot be updated.
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 10, 2014, at 4:42 PM, Steve Greene wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://gigaom.com/2014/03/10/neil-young-wants-to-take-high-resolution-flac-audio-recordings-mainstream-with-pono/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Stay tuned...
>>>>>
>>>>> Curious as to what kind of mass-market penetration you can make at
>>>>> that
>>>>> price-point. Is the audiophile market alone enough?
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> !DSPAM:639,531e5abb44331637612606!
>>
>>
>
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