Raoul Duke
12-28-2007, 07:38 AM
In the age of MP3s, sound quality is worse than ever
David Bendeth, a producer who works withrock bands like Hawthorne Heights and Paramore, knows that thealbums he makes are often played through tiny computer speakers byfans who are busy surfing the Internet. So he's not surprised whenrecord labels ask the mastering engineers who work on his CDs tocrank up the sound levels so high that even the soft parts soundloud.Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recordingtechnology has changed the way albums are produced, mixedand...
More... ( http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity?source=music_news_rssfe ed)
David Bendeth, a producer who works withrock bands like Hawthorne Heights and Paramore, knows that thealbums he makes are often played through tiny computer speakers byfans who are busy surfing the Internet. So he's not surprised whenrecord labels ask the mastering engineers who work on his CDs tocrank up the sound levels so high that even the soft parts soundloud.Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recordingtechnology has changed the way albums are produced, mixedand...
More... ( http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity?source=music_news_rssfe ed)