Sound quality of RPM/TMC/etc...

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Ed Witles

Active DJ

• Mar 25, 2011

• #1

Gang -

The release of GaGa's Born this way sounds very distorted and over, over compressed. Almost to the point I would prefer getting the official studio release.

I noticed the same on both RPM and TMC.

Have any of you noticed lacking quality of certain tracks from these promotion services? Sound not talent...

I know it is not their fault, just pass along whet they get.

 

DJ Wes

DJ Extraordinaire

• Mar 25, 2011

• #2

Don't blame the subscription services. It was (or should have been) provided to them that way from the publisher.

Edit: I guess I should read your whole post before commenting.

 

ittigger

Hundred Acre Industry Icon

Staff member

ODJT Supporter

• Mar 25, 2011

• #3

Mine sounds ok.

 

djrox

Sir Wyzazz

• Mar 25, 2011

• #4

:triwink:

ittigger said:

Mine sounds ok.

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...and I bet you think it smells OK, too.

Edit: I guess I should read the entire thread before commenting.

:triwink:



On the serious tip, over processing in the only way most contemporary "artists" can be produced

 

ittigger

Hundred Acre Industry Icon

Staff member

ODJT Supporter

• Mar 25, 2011

• #5

Next time I see ya, you can tell me what it smells like.

=)

 

djrox

Sir Wyzazz

• Mar 25, 2011

• #6

ittigger said:

Next time I see ya, you can tell me what it smells like.

=)

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As if anyone could see through such a fog.:tritongue:

 

jokerswild

Chief Bottle Washer

• Mar 25, 2011

• #7

He's only askin' cause he's probably burnt out his sense of smell and now has to rely on others....

 

Sounds To Go

DJ

• Mar 25, 2011

• #8

Ed - that's the way these tracks are being recorded and mastered now. It sucks, but it is what it is.

Everything is ultra-compressed, there is no headroom at all, nothing breathes - it's just garbage.

It's a production trend, not necessarily a fault of the sub service.

 

Fred Wright

Administrator

Staff member

• Mar 25, 2011

• #9

I just pulled and reviewed PO's release of this one. Granted, it's not mastered as well as it probably should have been. Not much in the way of dynamic headroom.

 

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DougF

DJ Extraordinaire

• Mar 25, 2011

• #10

Here's something to clean up those poorly mastered CDs

http://www.cutestudio.net/data/products/audio/seedeclip/index.php

 

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andywilson

DJ Extraordinaire

• Mar 29, 2011

• #11

DougF said:

Here's something to clean up those poorly mastered CDs

http://www.cutestudio.net/data/products/audio/seedeclip/index.php

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Uhmmm..Interesting, has anyone tried it? Does it work? Once something is distorted can it be undistorted with this program?

 

B-Sharp

DJ Extraordinaire

• Mar 29, 2011

• #12

What you're hearing on those discs is the official studio release. I'm sure it sounds better on Lada Gaga's Heartbeats headphones by Beats by Dr. Dre.
(subtle product placement).

As for that de-clipping software, don't believe the hype. While it may be able to make the sound file look "softer" on the screen, there's no way to take an overmodulated digital signal and back it down. Any good recording engineer will tell you that if you clip the vocals when you record them in the studio, the only way to fix them is to go back in the studio and re-record them the right way.