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Originally Posted by Glice
The mastering war started before the widespread advent of mp3s, but instantly-transferable digital formats have compounded the problem.
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This ( from this) illustrates perfectly how the dynamic range is lost in ridiculous mastering. |
http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=digital&m=133575
that stuff is kind of bogus. in fact, i think that guy has taken an mp3 as an example. when wav files are compressed into the mp3 standard they tend to do that kind of shit (clip out badly). mastering is intended to fill out the sound and make it round and nice to listen to. overcompressing sucks the big one. but a nice mastering adds to the quality of the release.