WHY ANDREW JUTE MCCOY IS A LIAR
 

All I can state with absolute certainty of Mr. McCoy's mother is that
she is twirling in her grave.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

CD mastering (again)
 

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:59:43 GMT, Jenn
wrote:

In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article
,
Jenn wrote:
Incorrect. I've stated several times that I WANT CD to be superior in
every way, and that's the truth. They are more convenient, more
readily
available, and there is more music (my main interest) available in
print. I listen to CDs a great deal more than I listen to LPs and I
own
many more CDs than I do LPs. Further, I think that the average CD
sounds better in just about every way to the average LP. I would have
to be an idiot to not CDs to sound better. And, I'm a believer in
science and I understand that the science as we presently understand
it
tells us that CDs should sound better than all LPs.

To explain slightly, a CD and decent CD player will give an exact
rendition of the material recorded on that CD. Philips and Sony made
sure
the parameters were up to this when launching the first domestic system
capable of giving 'studio' quality. But it can't make up for a poor
quality master tape or whatever - it just reproduces that warts and all.

The AES paper that was recently referenced seems to indicate that given
the same input, CD masters can sound different one from the other.

In 1992, that may well have been true, particularly if some facilities
really did believe that it was a 'plug and play' system not needing
any special care. Hopefully, the industry has learned a little in the
past 14 years...................
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It would be nice to think so. But every mastering facility has their
own idea of how your CD should sound. There is not much interest
in making it sound the same as the studio master, which *should* be
the objective.

Iain

CD mastering (again)
 

In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
It would be nice to think so. But every mastering facility has their
own idea of how your CD should sound. There is not much interest
in making it sound the same as the studio master, which *should* be
the objective.

Then all you do is 'copy' it direct to CD observing peak levels. There's
no need to remaster anything for CD.

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*How can I miss you if you won't go away?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

CD mastering (again)
 

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
It would be nice to think so. But every mastering facility has their
own idea of how your CD should sound. There is not much interest
in making it sound the same as the studio master, which *should* be
the objective.

Then all you do is 'copy' it direct to CD observing peak levels. There's
no need to remaster anything for CD.

Yes indeed. A simple clone. The client takes his digital master, or
removal hard disk, DAT, DASH or whatever and a CD premaster is
made. This is a quick and fairly inexpensive process. But, if you can
interest the client in some small, subtle but time consuming
"improvements" ........... :-)

Iain