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My personal take on being a Mastering Engineer (with a few hints and tips), Music, DVD and Blu Ray Authoring, the CD Loudness Wars, Surround-Sound and anything else that pops into my head...

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Sunday, 5 October 2008

Metallica "Death Magnetic" - Vinyl sounds better than CD. But not much.

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To cut a long story short: The vinyl LPs of "DeathMagnetic" sound better than the CD release. Not by a huge margin - they were cl...

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Thursday, 2 October 2008

DIY Mastering Part 5 - How loud is Too Loud ?

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As regular readers of this blog will know all too well by now, I am firmly opposed to the so-called CD " Loudness Wars ", where ...

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Sunday, 14 September 2008

Metallica "Death Magnetic" Clipping Distortion

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Those of you keeping an eye on the " Loudness Wars " may be interested by current discussions on the Metallica forums. Fans have b...

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Thursday, 15 May 2008

Mastering Software Part 1 - Metering Levels and Loudness

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I mentioned the Orban Loudness Meter on the SOS forums, and thought it would be good to start a series of posts here on useful mastering so...

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Ian Shepherd: I’m a professional mastering engineer and owner of Mastering Media Ltd, specialising in High Definition audio services, Blu-ray and DVD authoring. I also run the Production Advice website

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