Comments on: Audio Engineer Claims that Metallica’s Latest Album Sounds Better on Guitar Hero III

By: SwiftJonny

SwiftJonny — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:54:34 +0000

I have an idea, don’t buy anymore Metallica.

By: BenRo

BenRo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:47:33 +0000

Commercial radio went through the “loudness” fad years ago and discovered that its a big turn-off for listeners. Too much compression and limiting is tiring to listen to. Music recorded like this Metallicrap stuff will also tax the power supply on smaller stereos, creating distorted playback. They call them selves “Engineers” in the music business but they’re just panel jockeys. This type of bad practise is rife in the recording business now and is the result of record execs, with no understanding, demanding more “loudness” and incompetent panel jockeys who don’t understand the principals of good recording/mixing/mastering. I work in commercial radio and we have seen a big increase in the “loudness” of CD’s. When it goes through another layer of processing prior to broadcast, it ends up sounding utterly awful. We pulled a track last month because we couldn’t get an uncompressed version. How is this good for the artist??????

By: Electric Gagabond

Electric Gagabond — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:28:17 +0000

This is hilarious – as a studio engineer I’ve seen over-compressed tracks for years… hip hop is the worst culprit – especially the likes of 50 Cent or G Unit stuff. One of the best producers Timbaland actually loathes this type of producing. It tires the ears out and makes you get sick of a song very quickly. Timeless songs like those on Nirvana’s Nevermind have a great dynamic range and if you want them to be loud just turn them up!