| ISMPaul wrote on Mon, 15 November 2010 20:44 |
| 24-96 Mastering wrote on Fri, 12 November 2010 17:12 |
Hi Paul, did you read my last post?
I'll be frank. It looks to me like your web service, at this point in time, is either broken and/or a scam.
When I tested it, it didn't actually do any deterministic processing whatsoever, it only introduced some harmonic distortion, both on the "master" and on the file that was misleadingly labelled "before", suggesting that this is down to bad DSP rather than intention.
Then, there's the issue of the "before" sample presented for comparison being attenuated by 2 dB, meaning the (otherwise unaltered) "master" will sound exactly 2dB more impressive - in your player only.
Do you understand the implications from those two observations? Is there an explanation for this?
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Robin,
Thank you for taking such an interest in our service and for sharing your results and feedback. As I mentioned before, we are constantly looking to improve the service. To that end, I have met with our development team and investigated the 2dB issue that you described. We found a bug in the song upload process, and it seems to be resolved now. I invite you to try uploading your song again and report the results.
In addition, please stay tuned for the next version of the website which will include more user control over the mastering process.
Thanks,
Paul
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Hi Paul,
I had another test run with it.
The one hing that has indeed changed is that now, the supposed "before" sample isn't attenuated anymore. The 2 dB difference in gain between the "before" and "after" sample is still there though... and we all know what that means. But at least the "before" level in the comparison is now true to the source. Now, when the sample approaches 0dBfs, the "after" sample is clipped.
Besides that however, nothing has changed as far as I can tell. The process still isn't really doing anything (it doesn't seem to be deterministic, let alone intelligent). There's no EQ and no dynamics, and the source I used clearly needed some EQ work.
The only difference, as before, is an increase in harmonic distortion, but as before, that's both on the "after" and the supposed "before" sample, indicating it's unintentional.
Essentially, the service, as it is now, is adding 2 dB of gain, while (likely accidentally) adding significant distortion.
Is that the service that you intend to sell? Or is it still broken?
