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Old 28th July 2009   #31
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Well, The album in question was released today.

Seems like there were three different mixers, including myself, (i only did the single). The "ME" only has one mastering credit to his name according to Allmusic.com and the album in question is that lone credit.
I'd personally HATE to know someone had this experience with me - but I would want to know and I would absolutely want to be called on it.....perhaps not publicly but called on it none the less. Cant fix what you dont know if wrong

At the end of the day - if the artist was happy then you're correct to let it slide off your back but, a call to the ME for a chat wouldn't be out of the question. At the very least - you'll find out if the guy is a quack and should stick to the viola or if other issues arose during the session.

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Old 30th July 2009   #32
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Really Bad Engineer
It's unlikely just a bad engineer...unless he was really really sh*t, (as in my grandma could do a better job)...because anyone can make the original mix louder if they wanted to. Likelyhood is he did it for a reason....otherwise he has a lot to answer for!!
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Yes I compared the waveforms. The master is not more dense looking nor is it slammed to the roof. I put each mix on a separate track in Pro Tools to compare. When I level matched the two mixes, I had to pull the unmastered volume down about 7 DB to match the perceived volume of the master.

What is also odd is that the master, although not hitting the roof, has places in the record in which the waveform is flat topped (hedged off), however the waveform of the mix pass does not have any flat tops. The mix pass peaks at about-3 DBFS, everything rounded, no clips.
IMO you should've raised the master level using ozone or something like that instead of lowering the mixed volume. Your "client" is obviously frustrated with this enough to post a thread on GS. Talk to him and get it fixed. . .
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IMO you should've raised the master level using ozone or something like that instead of lowering the mixed volume. Your "client" is obviously frustrated with this enough to post a thread on GS. Talk to him and get it fixed. . .
i'm not the mastering engineer. I mixed the song.
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