Trivium - In Waves
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crillemannen
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Well most of the bigger bands latest releases has been destroyed by mastering
I'd venture to say most bands latest releases have been destroyed by incredibly loud mixes that were sent to a mastering engineer to have made even louder.
It seems as if digital clipping and distortion is becoming widely accepted in the industry considering so many releases have these errors in common.
crillemannen
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That makes sense but still the music shouldn't be pushed as hard as it is today. Back down 2-3db's in the mastering stage and the music would sound so much better
That makes sense but still the music shouldn't be pushed as hard as it is today. Back down 2-3db's in the mastering stage and the music would sound so much better
viralz
Member
with audible clipping/distortion all over the songs, especially whenever a lead guitar comes in?
ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
Sweetnothing
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Black Gives Way to Blue sounds nice to me, not much slamming ( THAT noticeable though)
But...nothing will go as far as Parkway Drive's Deep Blue or Crowbar's Odd Fellows Rest remaster
This Trivium album sounds a little but pushed to me, but not like the records I mentioned from the top of my head
But...nothing will go as far as Parkway Drive's Deep Blue or Crowbar's Odd Fellows Rest remaster
This Trivium album sounds a little but pushed to me, but not like the records I mentioned from the top of my head
viralz
Member
no, the Trivium is BY FAR not the worst one out there.
but it annoys me more than the clipping on some others, because you can tell that the recording and mix are PERFECT, just sucks that due to poor mastering it's not what it could have been (I felt similar when Machine Head's The Blackening came out)
but it annoys me more than the clipping on some others, because you can tell that the recording and mix are PERFECT, just sucks that due to poor mastering it's not what it could have been (I felt similar when Machine Head's The Blackening came out)
crillemannen
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Machine heads the blackening is a good example. Practically unlistenable because of the mastering. Ted Jensen aren't responsible for the clipping on the Metallica album though, that was done pre-mastering according to the man himself.
To the OP. listening on Spotify through cans it doesn't sound that awful.
Machine heads the blackening is a good example. Practically unlistenable because of the mastering. Ted Jensen aren't responsible for the clipping on the Metallica album though, that was done pre-mastering according to the man himself.
To the OP. listening on Spotify through cans it doesn't sound that awful.
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
Hmm, I always thought Black Ways Give to Blue sounds amazing. And quite honestly, after a quick listening, the new Trivium album doesn't sound THAT bad to me. Maybe it's the loudness war that has got me numb.
That being said, there's a reason I ALWAYS send out the first test master very lightly smashed unless maximum loudness is requested...
That being said, there's a reason I ALWAYS send out the first test master very lightly smashed unless maximum loudness is requested...
guitarguru777
Member
I really cant believe that....
A. The bands cant hear this
B They know its there and just allow it to be "louder then the other guys"
Its as much the bands fault as it is the Label.
A. The bands cant hear this
B They know its there and just allow it to be "louder then the other guys"
Its as much the bands fault as it is the Label.
xFkx
gain induction
this shit is going to be listened on ipods with earbuds by teenagers, and will sound stellar to their ears.. saying it's destroyed somehow misses the point I think
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
Killswitch Engage from 2009 is clipp city...I thought something was wrong with my audio drivers when I put the CD in my pc
didn't recognize it so far on the new trivium, but have only listened to the stream and not on my home monitors/headphones.
But yeah awesome mix and production for sure
didn't recognize it so far on the new trivium, but have only listened to the stream and not on my home monitors/headphones.
But yeah awesome mix and production for sure
The Alice in Chains album drives me nuts. When a track is clipping when only an acoustic guitar is playing, something is seriously wrong. I think Randy Staub is a wonderful mix engineer but I highly doubt that Ted Jensen pushed the volume so much that the entire album is saturated with distortion. I would imagine it was brick walled before he got it, similar to Death Magnetic.
Mattayus
Sir Groove-A-Lot
Ermz
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LeSedna
Mat or Mateo
I have never liked their playing, it always sounded to me like their solo have no soul, they can't even bend with style and their choices of amps/pickups always end in the exact sound I hate on leads. Plus, I've seen them live (a long time ago though, they just released Ascendancy by then) and they were even worse live. There is just something that doesn't does it, for me.
Production seems nice on this one. I like the aesthetics of their video, it's too bad they always cut the intro ambience sounds to start the actual song. I would prefer mixing ambiance and the song, to make it more like a completely directed video ala michael jackson or lady gaga (first examples popping in my head)
Production seems nice on this one. I like the aesthetics of their video, it's too bad they always cut the intro ambience sounds to start the actual song. I would prefer mixing ambiance and the song, to make it more like a completely directed video ala michael jackson or lady gaga (first examples popping in my head)
