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Originally Posted by Greg Reierson  SOP for years here. More a consequence of my work flow than forward thinking... An EQ'ed and "musically" compressed mastered version is always captured prior to final loudness processing. Handy for LP masters too. |
Yeah - I'm the same in that I do all final limiting in-the-box - nearly always after capture from my analog process chain - and that my session archives include both the 16bit final limited master and 24bit files prior to final limiting.
The one case where this might not help that much though is where I've clipped the inputs of my ADC in order to help achieve client requests for a very high average level. The other case where this might not help for future releases is that archives that I maintain are for my convenience only and I don't plan on preserving a digital archive into the future just on the possibility that a label might want to do a reissue. I always give my clients options of getting copies of my session files though.
Anyway - excellent to see that Mr. Petty has chosen to go this rout - and hopefully many more artists will choose to make their music available in the same way.
Best regards,
Steve Berson