Re: Why contemporary music sounds terrible

["Matthew F. McCabe" <mmccabe@finleysound.com>]

On Feb 26, 2007, at 11:42 AM, greg williams wrote:

> Zeppelin DVD, which was released around the same time. I don't know  
> if it
> was Page himself who suddenly caved in or his mastering engineer,  
> but I
> really wish I could hear those recordings with some dynamics still  
> intact.

I can't speak for Page or his mastering engineer, but I do some  
mastering occasionally and unfortunately the artist often equates  
"sounding pro" with "sounding loud".  I know that quite a few  
mastering engineers on recording forums I frequent also complain  
about "the loud wars" and often time it's the label that wants things  
loud.

Matt

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