- Nov 26, 2010
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Ever notice how your favorite engineer's mixes get louder and brighter
over the years or how their original mixes from back in the day sound wonderful
played back flat but when that same engineer remasters the music
it suddenly gets aggressive, loud and bright to the point of being unlistenable?
The curse.
Can't really be helped. Most recording and mixing engineers listen back to music clippingly loud
and for years on end. Eventually, a neutrality becomes pointless and barely audible to some
of these guys. Sad but true.
One famous engineer I truly admire recently played back a mix he did in the 1960s and
stated that the high end must have evaporated from the tape due to its age.
Uhh, actually it sounds fine but when the hearing goes, it goes.
over the years or how their original mixes from back in the day sound wonderful
played back flat but when that same engineer remasters the music
it suddenly gets aggressive, loud and bright to the point of being unlistenable?
The curse.
Can't really be helped. Most recording and mixing engineers listen back to music clippingly loud
and for years on end. Eventually, a neutrality becomes pointless and barely audible to some
of these guys. Sad but true.
One famous engineer I truly admire recently played back a mix he did in the 1960s and
stated that the high end must have evaporated from the tape due to its age.
Uhh, actually it sounds fine but when the hearing goes, it goes.