Sorry if this has already been posted. Not sure what to make of it myself.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/082611rhcp
Discuss.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/082611rhcp
Discuss.
Imagine: An Album Specially Mastered for iTunes...
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Pedro Teixeira
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Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
Sounds to me like they'll just do a different version for iTunes. I can't see how this is a bad thing, really, if it does improve... uh... fidelity as they say. Times change, the music industry changes. We have to adapt.
TheDriller
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Imagine: An Album Specially Mastered for Vinyl....
oh the horror!
And a seperate version for CD!
when will this torment end??!!
oh the horror!
And a seperate version for CD!
when will this torment end??!!
Pedro Teixeira
Member
^ Nope.
It basically just means CD will die and everything will be mastered to "try" to retain quality on MP3s and MP3s only as it's what the masses will only use basically
It basically just means CD will die and everything will be mastered to "try" to retain quality on MP3s and MP3s only as it's what the masses will only use basically
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
CD's won't die anytime soon, I'm willing to bet on it. Furthermore, due to the natural evolution of technology, low-bitrate compressed digital music is constantly being replaced by better quality. Spotify's Premium quality is already pretty damn decent, and I don't even remember when was the last time I stumbled upon a 128kbps MP3. I honestly believe MP3 will die in favor of lossless formats before the CD format is dead and buried.
Wohma
Hearing sounds and voices
waltz mastering
Member
Sounds a little $u$picious to me.
Rubin's a great producer but probably deserves the capt. crunch award
more than others.
Will be interesting to hear how they intend to improve the fidelity of mp3...
Great for drink coasters and target practice.Öwen;9971271 said:
Wohma
Hearing sounds and voices
Öwen;9971271 said:
I guess you're not "people" then
The problem with CDs nowadays is that most folks don't actually listen to CDs, but rip the content to their harddrive and listen from them. I do as well and that makes the CD quite redundant and useless. Still, people want to buy physical media, especially from bands they really dig.P.S.: Following your logic - you can hardly listen to a T-shirt
Trevoire520
Member
sounds like marketing. which is funny, marketing more "quality" to those who are inherently buying something that is by definition less "quality".
How about just up the bitrate to 320kbps...When I A/B between 320kbps and wave in my DAW I can't really tell one damn difference. Honestly, try it yourself, bounce down a wave as the highest quality mp3 possible and try to hear a difference, it is almost impossible. No reason for special itunes mastering just sell it in an audio format that doesn't completely suck.
Converting to MP3 will still cause digital overs that will of course introduce digital clipping. With metal it is un likely you will hear too many of these clips but if you were to re convert to .wav and play in a cheap stereo the CD player will possibley have issues playing it and can make the clips very noticable. Listening with buds will make it easier to hear these clips too.
Morgan C
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How do you master 'for' iTunes?
This happens if you leave your master peaking at 0.0dB, but not (or very very rarely) if you leave it at like -0.3dB
This happens if you leave your master peaking at 0.0dB, but not (or very very rarely) if you leave it at like -0.3dB
Brett - K A L I S I A
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waltz mastering
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Vlado mastered the album. No signs of bw limiting on the official youtube release of the single ... so maybe that's what there going on about... different masters for different media.
Ermz
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Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
Yup, sounds like so. Once again, I think declaring it "marketing bullshit" is pretty hasty before actually knowing what's going on.
