The Future Of Audio Mastering

[gearaddiction]

Hi, First time I post. I found this on YouTube and thought that it would be good to let everyone watch. It's supposed to be a chilling look into the future of mastering. I am not buying it but I think is funny as is weird. Any comments?

[PlugHead]

Best to check the initial one done by macc first:

Mastering: The Movie

[KyleDiSanto]

The best part is at the end where they make a deal.

[MASSIVE Master]

I freaking love it...

[yeloocproducer]

I really like that they mention our favorite troll. Ya man. And the abandoned aquarium with a hanging cage... is great, as is the loudness war outside. Amazing...

[DynaForte]

Hil-****ing-ar-****ing-ous.

[Jesse Graffam]

Don't bite the hand that feeds WHOM ?? Do you even know who made this video? Care to share?

[dcollins]

Originally Posted by karyoky****

have i made you believe that my dithers will make your digital "infinite", just like analog?

--
"
"Even among audio engineers, there has been considerable misunderstanding about digital audio, about
the sampling theory, and about how PCM works at the functional level. Some of these
misunderstandings persist even today. Top of the list of erroneous assertions are:
i. PCM cannot resolve detail smaller than the LSB (least-significant bit).
ii. PCM cannot resolve time more accurately than the sampling period.
Let’s take (i) first. What is suggested is that because (for example) a 16 bit system defines 64K steps,
that the smallest signal that can be ‘seen’ is 1/64K or about –96dB. Signals dropping off because they
are smaller than the smallest step or Least Significant Bit (LSB) is a process we call truncation. Now –
you can arrange for a PCM channel to truncate data below the LSB – but no engineer worth his salt has
worked like that for over ten years. One of the great discoveries in PCM was that, by adding a small
random noise (that we call dither) the truncation effect can disappear. Even more important was the
realisation that there is a right sort of random noise to add, and that when the right dither is used [27],
the resolution of the digital system becomes infinite. What results from a sensible digitisation or digital
operation then is not signal plus a highly-correlated truncation distortion, but the signal and a benign
low level hiss. In practical terms, the resolution is limited by our ability to resolve sounds in noise. Just
to reinforce this, we have no problem measuring (and hearing) signals of –110dB in a well-designed 16-
bit channel.
Regarding temporal accuracy, (ii), if the signal is processed incorrectly (i.e. truncated) it is true that the
time resolution is limited to the sampling period divided by the number of digital levels2. However, when
the correct dither is used the time resolution also becomes effectively infinite. "

[yeloocproducer]

Is that a roll of toilet paper on his red shirt? WTF. I think this one is better than the first one. Ya man.

[Kayo]

Originally Posted by dcollins

--
"
"Even among audio engineers, there has been considerable misunderstanding about digital audio, about
the sampling theory, and about how PCM works at the functional level. Some of these
misunderstandings persist even today. Top of the list of erroneous assertions are:
i. PCM cannot resolve detail smaller than the LSB (least-significant bit).
ii. PCM cannot resolve time more accurately than the sampling period.
Let’s take (i) first. What is suggested is that because (for example) a 16 bit system defines 64K steps,
that the smallest signal that can be ‘seen’ is 1/64K or about –96dB. Signals dropping off because they
are smaller than the smallest step or Least Significant Bit (LSB) is a process we call truncation. Now –
you can arrange for a PCM channel to truncate data below the LSB – but no engineer worth his salt has
worked like that for over ten years. One of the great discoveries in PCM was that, by adding a small
random noise (that we call dither) the truncation effect can disappear. Even more important was the
realisation that there is a right sort of random noise to add, and that when the right dither is used [27],
the resolution of the digital system becomes infinite. What results from a sensible digitisation or digital
operation then is not signal plus a highly-correlated truncation distortion, but the signal and a benign
low level hiss. In practical terms, the resolution is limited by our ability to resolve sounds in noise. Just
to reinforce this, we have no problem measuring (and hearing) signals of –110dB in a well-designed 16-
bit channel.
Regarding temporal accuracy, (ii), if the signal is processed incorrectly (i.e. truncated) it is true that the
time resolution is limited to the sampling period divided by the number of digital levels2. However, when
the correct dither is used the time resolution also becomes effectively infinite. "

This is the longest post of DC's, I've ever seen or read!
Kuddos... DC

KAyo

[Franco]

LOL, this was hillarious; I was wondering why there was a chopper and background explosions happening for 3/4 of the video, until that came up in the convo.

How you guys have time to do these vids is beyond me, but: BRILLIANT!

[MASSIVE Master]

I have one in the works (that was actually pretty fun) but it's taking forever for the "finished rendering" to appear...

[MASSIVE Master]

Finally...

Based on actual experiences, of course. Not too far off the actual experience actually...

Mastering - Just Another Day 01 - Tube Guy

[mixmkr]

I think your customer with the roll of toilet paper on his shirt, needs to wipe his potty mouth!


crickets in the studio?

[Thomas W. Bethe]

Originally Posted by MASSIVE Master

Finally...

Based on actual experiences, of course. Not too far off the actual experience actually...

Mastering - Just Another Day 01 - Tube Guy

It says I have to be +13 to view it.

[Tweek Audio]

Originally Posted by MASSIVE Master

Finally...

Based on actual experiences, of course. Not too far off the actual experience actually...

Mastering - Just Another Day 01 - Tube Guy

Very poignant.

[MASSIVE Master]

Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe

It says I have to be +13 to view it.

That particular guy swore a lot. Although admittedly, he didn't wear an "outhouse" hat (although he was somewhat of a [SELF-CENSORED] head...).

[MASSIVE Master]

That one wasn't mine...

[Toro]

so i don't get it? the point is that, all black people are bad, right?

[MASSIVE Master]

A lot of people's names were in that "In the Future" one...

[miro]

one important detail missing: the DITHER!

[MASSIVE Master]

Nope. After the one I did, don't you think I'd just tell you if I did the other one?

[MASSIVE Master]

Originally Posted by Toro

so i don't get it? the point is that, all black people are bad, right?

The point is that if you dont get the premium membership, you're very limited with characters.

[Toro]

Originally Posted by MASSIVE Master

The point is that if you dont get the premium membership, you're very limited with characters.

oh yeah i don;t get it

[fenderbender.]

the audio track needs mastered!

[Greg Reierson]

Originally Posted by MASSIVE Master

Nope. After the one I did, don't you think I'd just tell you if I did the other one?

But don't you wish you had??


he he


GR

[jayfrigo]

Originally Posted by Kayo

This is the longest post of DC's, I've ever seen or read!
Kuddos... DC

KAyo

Here's the whole paper if you're intrerested:

www.meridian-audio.com/ara/coding2.pdf

[MASSIVE Master]

Originally Posted by Greg Reierson

But don't you wish you had??


he he


GR

Sort of... I really liked the first one (I think it was the first one - Black and white, office setting... That cracked me up bad).