| Bob Katz is right.
I know many mastering engineers trumpet the "less compressed" call, but Bob Katz is the one I've been reading about. Thanks to this board introducing me to a virtual Bob, I went to digido.com and in two days read every one of his articles. Out of curiosity, I threw together a quick demo of two e. guitars, bass, and drums (drumcore sounds). I left off the flux limiter that I've been loving on everything, the bus compressor, and kept my levels peaking lower than normal. It was a heavy riff and it just killed without all that extra gain reduction. I just finished a cd, and I know my next one will have better leveling and dynamics... I didn't have to eq or hi-pass even half of what I'm used to... and there wasn't the bass build-up I'm used to (probably by not compressing properly).
Anyway - Bob, I'm so glad you're on this board and you've really impacted me with your desire to help. I'm in your debt and I wish I could meet you just to say thanks.
Take care,
Matt Garwood |