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masterhse

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Re: What's your sound?
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2007, 11:56:04 AM »

Greg Reierson wrote on Sun, 14 October 2007 18:28

masterhse wrote on Sun, 14 October 2007 12:18

A 70's Rock or Funk sound doesn't work for current Hip Hop or Rap for example.


I think that would be WAY better than the way it's done now. It would have so much more impact and punch. Could be the next big thing....


GR


I agree that it would sound much better, but would it be as aggressive? On more than one occasion I've had Punk artists tell me that a master sounds "too good" and to grunge things up. I think that attitude is a bigger priority for some genres and artists that sonic perfection.
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Re: What's your sound?
« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2007, 03:09:27 PM »

bblackwood wrote on Mon, 15 October 2007 09:59

I think the best compliment I ever get is when someone says "it sounds just like my mix, but better".

Yup!  

Perhaps the only one better being when a pleased client remarks,"The mixes didn't sound like this!"
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Re: What's your sound?
« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2007, 03:46:35 PM »

bblackwood wrote on Mon, 15 October 2007 15:59

I think the best compliment I ever get is when someone says "it sounds just like my mix, but better".


This is the main reason why I go back to the same mastering engineer.
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Re: What's your sound?
« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2007, 04:27:27 PM »

I don't think it's a stupid topic at all.  That said, as a mastering engineer the broader concept makes me cringe, and brings to mind "art mastering", which has a role, but is in my mind most useful when the mix is fubar.

Stepping outside my job description, if you ask rappers about it, Brian Gardner is one ME who certainly gets work for his "sound", whether or not it exists.  And, I can often identify who mastered a record without looking at the credits simply based on sound.  But honestly, the most easily identified "sounds" from mastering are charicatures, not something to be emulated.  Certain types of clipping, rote tonal balance, or over-the-top processing can be quite distinctive, but over a body of work, rarely pleasant.

I hope I don't have a "sound", and I take steps to avoid tunnel vision in my work.  But habit and temprament being what they are, would I even know if I did?  Wink

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