Hi all,
The listening was completed with levels matched. Speakers and headphones were used.
I thank the team for our combined endeavours.
As usual we thank ATOR for all his Admin work, and Brad for hosting.
I must confess; this was a bemusing and mystifying WUMP20. More on that, as follows…..
MikeyC
To boot, it felt overly loud, fatigued and somewhat shredded at the periphery! Tone is inclined towards high mids and considerably edgy. A slightly calmer take on this would have been preferred, even if the given EQ were used.
Dana White
Approach felt is, heavy compression... A little overly thumpy!, and feels tilted towards the brighter mid side. Thump is heal-able, EQ needs a stern revision.
patrik_t
Instant darkness and cloud felt. Clarity is diminished and articulated definitions gone astray. The EQ needs to cleanse more here. A desire to see through the fog is felt.
TCB_Master
Initial impact overtly blasted! A sense of only RMS is felt, blinding all other attributes. Nonetheless, it was still in tack and popping well. Personally, I anticipated greater EQ work, providing much desired softness.. that’s all.
ATOR
Quite welcoming on first glance. Strong tonally and sturdy too. Analogue felt! On closer listening, it feels as though many extremes were combined to output; though appealing, still fatiguing and eludes that clean crispness or sprite, I yearn to listen out for. Could be a go, if teething remedies were to be administered, especially in areas of EQ.
ChrisDoremus
What happened there?! Something quite intrusive is claiming the master’s sound. Exciting masters in augmented ways is understandable approach, but, the processes need to be monitored more diligently. A chronic bout of doubling going on here. Please, revisit entire approach.
fuse
Apart from a high mid tonality sharpness, and the bass having moved into another or a non-exciting range, it felt quite good!! I still think, it’s edgy… because it’s been smashed ever so slightly. Smooth out that EQ,, and it would do it wonders.
ggidluck
On listening and comparing, It felt, boxy tonality and definitions undeveloped, lopsided on the mid and high mids plateaus, Contorts a nasal shelf. Flatten out that EQ, and start again...
LudwigM
Unfortunately, another of the masters aimed too high on RMS threshold. It suffers similar extremes as some others. High mid sided EQ, and slightly emaciated in the low mids. Fatiguing and sharp too. RMS was evident, but the frequencies that paid for it are coming home to roost!
BiigNiick
Harsh Galore! It could be your monitoring too. Thinned out, but turned much too harsh and bashing the door down. Calmer approach if possible. Tonally, recoil the highs.
Tubefreak ::Updated:::
Atleast it started of soft on the ears. In spirit, it’s kept true to the original, except stout and on the verge of obese! I sense broad strokes and minor overly done mids to low mid expressions. The thump feels stretched all across. A dissection would compliment this warm fuzzy approach. In many ways you’ve caressed the ears with heat and warmth, however, let the sculpting begin and get that final frequency layout stage locked in. Triumph, awaits! A slither less RMS, would have allowed me to stand back and look at it better too. Nonetheless, a valuable attempt to work it soft on the ears.
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Too many masters adorned only high RMS and harsh upper octave EQ work to reach that hotness, and thus felt quite unpleasing to listen too, especially when compared to some wonderfully mastered Dance or Euro Dance tracks etc...At times it felt like, not many were used to dance mastering at all! I would much prefer to have listened to cleaner, calmer and smoother EQ work, combined with a brave RMS, … rather than purely massive RMS outputs. A combination of high RMS seeking evoked via the high-mids has destroyed many masters this time round. Some felt like their compressors had maxed out and showed themselves up as some very fatiguing masters. From my point of view only, I am afraid; this was an eye opener and a wake up call to the group, to dig deeper. I felt power, but not much class in the acts.
The important thing is, I am glad we all tried and may learn a thing or two here...
Ciao,
KAyo
