EQ in mastering?

[Sunbreak Music]

And Scrip is prominently featured--pretty sure he's banned as well, lol.

[jdg]

[Waltz Mastering]

It is a re-posting of the content of (MusicMasteringOnLine.com - Stay Away from Recording.Org), a claim that quoting the Music Mastering on Line site is "illegal" (and a copyright violation) and encourages its members to avoid Recording.org, describers its moderator as "contentious and lazy" and its content "LAME."

Legal question.

If someone was making a claim that quoting someone without authorization on their site is an "illegal violation", wouldn't that also make it an "illegal violation" for the person making that claim, to quote someone and post it on their site without authorization? ...or is that diplomatic immunity or double jeopardy or something?

[Sunbreak Music]

Originally Posted by Waltz Mastering

...or is that diplomatic immunity or double jeopardy or something?

Probably reciprocity. Or recidivism. Or jurisprudence.

[masteringhouse]

Originally Posted by Waltz Mastering

Legal question.

If someone was making a claim that quoting someone without authorization on their site is an "illegal violation", wouldn't that also make it an "illegal violation" for the person making that claim, to quote someone and post it on their site without authorization? ...or is that diplomatic immunity or double jeopardy or something?

My mama always used to say "two wrongs don't make a right". But then she would beat me for hitting my brother. I guess that it depends on interpretation of the law.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Waltz Mastering

If someone was making a claim that quoting someone without authorization on their site is an "illegal violation", wouldn't that also make it an "illegal violation" for the person making that claim, to quote someone and post it on their site without authorization?

Certainly inconsistent at best.

It is not a copyright violation to quote someone in the context of a review or commentary. This is what we do routinely on this - and other sites - when we quote a post for the post of expressing disagreement, expanding on the point, etc. This is fair use.

As to the content, I find the concept of "harmonic balancing" through "aligning frequency densities" as mastering, or as an "industry standard," odd at best. But I also do not fully understand what this means so I am withholding judgment for now.

[dcollins]

Originally Posted by Elk

As to the content, I find the concept of "harmonic balancing" through "aligning frequency densities" as mastering, or as an "industry standard," odd at best. But I also do not fully understand what this means so I am withholding judgment for now.

Regardless of the style of music, when the spectrum looks like the one below you are done and it is virtually guaranteed to sell. It's why all the top mastering engineers endorse analyzers.

[masteringhouse]

Originally Posted by Elk

I find the concept of "harmonic balancing" through "aligning frequency densities" as mastering, or as an "industry standard," odd at best. But I also do not fully understand what this means so I am withholding judgment for now.

I feel as if I have to cough something up.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by dcollins

Regardless of the style of music, when the spectrum looks like the one below you are done and it is virtually guaranteed to sell. It's why all the top mastering engineers endorse analyzers.

I can do this! If I had only known this years ago.

I never thought I could fully master EQ. Now I believe I can.

(P.S. Please forgive my copyright violation of quoting you.)

[dcollins]

Originally Posted by goodreason

oh, wait, which side is the bass on?

With enough M/S processing, the bass can be on all sides at once.


DC

[masteringhouse]

Originally Posted by dcollins

With enough M/S processing, the bass can be on all sides at once.


DC

They should use that when remastering the stereo versions of some of the older Beatles tracks. Does this work on vocals too?

[Bob Olhsson]

I thought it was only with linear phase M/S processing...

[Thomas W. Bethe]

Originally Posted by dcollins

Regardless of the style of music, when the spectrum looks like the one below you are done and it is virtually guaranteed to sell. It's why all the top mastering engineers endorse analyzers.

This is probably NOT a hip hop or reggae song...just a guess!

[achaiss]

Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe

This is probably NOT a hip hop or reggae song...just a guess!

or the intro

[dcollins]

Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe

This is probably NOT a hip hop or reggae song...just a guess!

But will it pass the Blur rate test?

Woo-hoo!

Professional Digital Music Mastering



DC

[Masterer]

Originally Posted by dcollins

I thought I detected a disturbance in the force:

MusicMasteringOnLine.com - Stay Away from Recording.Org

DC

Hey!

I'm quoted in that thread!

Dreams really do come true... on the internets.

[b0ssa]

Originally Posted by dcollins

With enough M/S processing, the bass can be on all sides at once.


DC

That's what I used to tell my girlfriend before she kicked me out.. I guess she thought I was talking about something else.

[PatrikT]

Originally Posted by dcollins

I thought I detected a disturbance in the force:

MusicMasteringOnLine.com - Stay Away from Recording.Org

DC

Whenever I come across the word GURU attached to audio persons I always wonder who stated it. Like when opening the main page there.

What makes someone in the audio field GURU? What does GURU mean? What does GURU imply?

Who decides who's a GURU?


Regards
Patrik

[Caput]

Originally Posted by PatrikT

What makes someone in the audio field GURU? What does GURU mean? What does GURU imply?

Who decides who's a GURU?

Maybe this will help:

YouTube - Flanders and Swann - The Gnu Song



SB

[streetbeats]

Originally Posted by dcollins

Regardless of the style of music, when the spectrum looks like the one below you are done and it is virtually guaranteed to sell. It's why all the top mastering engineers endorse analyzers.

You are joking right?

I mean green bars? EVERYBODY knows the secret is red bars

[Thomas W. Bethe]

Maybe this will help...

Guru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[PatrikT]

Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe

Maybe this will help...

Guru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seems that GURU is as close to GOD as it gets. All things divine just must be great for audio! Holy stereo, holy punch.

What I need to know, still, is who proclaims a GURU being GURU? A matter of self-proclaim? A matter of thousands of people declaring GURU being GURU? A matter of something else?


Regards
Patrik

[Thomas W. Bethe]

Originally Posted by PatrikT

Seems that GURU is as close to GOD as it gets. All things divine just must be great for audio! Holy stereo, holy punch.

What I need to know, still, is who proclaims a GURU being GURU? A matter of self-proclaim? A matter of thousands of people declaring GURU being GURU? A matter of something else?


Regards
Patrik

I think that in this case it is self proclaimed. Normally one does not reach GURU status until they are recognized by millions of followers. Is the word GURU copyrighted as well? If so there are a lot of GURUs out there that need to rethink their titles.

[Edward_Vinatea]

Originally Posted by PatrikT

Whenever I come across the word GURU attached to audio persons I always wonder who stated it. Like when opening the main page there.
What makes someone in the audio field GURU? What does GURU mean? What does GURU imply?
Who decides who's a GURU?

You guys have been looking all along at Joe's site, so I didn't write that. The idea of Guru came from Randy Irwin manager of the Shirelles, a charming fellow who has a great sense of humor and who was very impressed by my work. Joe simply decided it would be a good idea to put that on the online service he runs {MMOL}. Anyway, I have a couple of sites and none of them say "Guru". So whoever said it was self-proclaimed is nothing but looking to create a conversation motivated by pure speculation and to further derail this thread which IMHO, thanks to DC has gone from "classic" to "preposterous".

Regards,

[Caput]

Originally Posted by Edward_Vinatea

You guys have been looking all along at Joe's site, so I didn't write that.

Well, yes - his name is on the byline. But that is I think a picture of your set up on the same page so you can understand if (if at all) a connection to you is made.

SB

[Edward_Vinatea]

Originally Posted by Caput

Well, yes - his name is on the byline. But that is I think a picture of your set up on the same page so you can understand if (if at all) a connection to you is made.

SB

Agreed. I believe also the thumbnail shows up always, but there are also articles by serious and knowledgeable Gearslutz.com members: MusicMasteringOnLine.com - Maximizers, Loudness & Levels
you know, the ones who really have a real in depth knowledge on audio engineering subjects. That's it, I am not answering inquiries anymore.

Best wishes,