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| From | Ralph Alfonso <ralph@nettwerk.com> |
| Subject | a record was constantly loud |
| Date | Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:34:20 -0700 |
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>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:55:51 -0600
>From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Favorite Pop Christmas tune
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>Most producers were more interested on how their records would sound on AM Top
>40 radio where most kids would hear it first. Those stations used primitive
>single band processors that would "pump and clip" the audio. AM radio
>transmitters need maximum modulation to get the most range out of their
>signal.
>A record with wide dynamic range like a classical orchestra recording would
>get
>trashed going though that gear. So recording and mastering engineers for
>singles would compress everything loud to compensate. The less work the
>station
>processor had to do because a record was constantly loud the better it would
>sound on the air. That those mixes also sounded great on low-watt phonographs
>that were all midrange was a bonus.
>
>Spector (and Joe Meek) was the first producer to experiment with hot mixes and
>mastering but Motown made it an art - sometimes a record would go through many
>remixes before it was approved. I think thats why many of thier 45's sound the
>best.
>
yes. as discussed previously, because all this was done at the
mastering stage for
the lacquers, no tapes exist of these boosted up 45rpm versions.
Usually, the mastering
engineer put his mastering notes inside the tape box or on the back
of the box so the
process could be duplicated for foreign releases, etc...more often
than not, those notes are
lost. So yes, even if you had the master tape, it will not "sound"
like the 45 because the
mastering effects went directly to the lacquer/acetate which is the
first stage of vinyl mfg -
a stamper is made from this and the 45s made from the stampers... so,
basically, to get
the exact 45 sound, you need to transfer from vinyl or see if the old
mastering notes make sense...
or find a guy with that old school knowledge.... sometimes i wonder
if the people "remastering"
some of the major label releases are ever given any vinyl to guide
them at all or any sort
of reference... i remember a Freddie & The Dreamers cd reissue on EMI
where the great guitar line to
I'm Telling you now" was.... not there! That was the main hook of the
tune & the song as i knew it....
*sigh*
ralph
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