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A few I didn't see here (maybe I missed them):
Mixes submitted on scratched audio CDs
Bad edits on individual tracks of the mix (left-right and in between)
Digital overs on acoustic music (rarely appropriate)
At the session: "We're ready to master, but we haven't finished the first song on the CD."
"I thought you said the titles of the tunes are on the CD. When I put the ref in my computer, they come up untitled." Variation: "They come up as some other band."
Playing the ref in iTunes (e.g., "The CD sounds great but the songs are in the wrong order.")
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I have sympathy for the mixer who complained about getting bricks (or worse, sticks of butter) back from mastering. Some mixers make mixes that in a different universe could be released as is. Thanks to Bob Katz and others there is a MINOR trend away from "only louder is better."
But, there are clean, shiny bricks as well as crumbly, scratchy ones. And, creative "mesa-making" is an art.
Here's to better sound.
BW
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