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why would a digital distributer convert wav to mp3? thats not their responsibility..they distribute whatever the labels push off to them, mp3 or not.
as far clipping goes, its really annoying how the standard commercial levels are through the roof...most waveforms looks like fucking square blocks.
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery But louder is better, man! |
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| Originally posted by Belgian Bonzai Agreed |
Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life is soft and yet it is working fine, both in the player and dancefloorly-speaking ( 
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look at this crap.
no reason at all for this.
and i'm seeing it more and more 
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| Originally posted by nefardec the release of ame - shiro on beatport clips but the clips have been 'softened' so that it just sounds very distorted |
The answer is simple guys.
Idiots and their stupid loud wars.
Pop a digital file into whatever daw you use and look at the fucking waveform. Its fat like an american. Like a big fat fatty fat fat. You wanna find the peaks? good luck.
Then compare that to a well mastered vinyl.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE DIGITAL BASH. DIGITAL CAN BE FINE.
The problem is that digital allows people to be dumbasses and use stupid mastering techniques as its easier to fuck around with.
Where as HOPEFULLY more time is taken when pressing vinyl, as you are investing a lot more into it usually...i mean people go to studios or whatever and sit through the mastering process, do testruns etc. Often this process is lost with digital people.
they go like
LOL PSP VINTAGE WARMER THAT WILL MAKE IT SOUND LIKE VINYL RIGHT OK LETS MOVE THESE KNOBS LIKE THIS HEY THAT SOUNDS LOUD LIKE A VINYL IN A CLUB AMIRITE??????????
and they say p2p is destroying music 
Beroshima - Corazon (Frank's Heartstroke mix)
Anyone listen to this? I purchased and sounds terrible imo. No punch in the bassline.
As a label owner I can tell you how bad most of the tracks sound we get from (young) producers. They all pump up their track to the max and think they make it sound better, so they get it signed easier.
When we sign a track we always send out this sheet to the producer.
If he doesn't follow this, we can't send it to the professional mastering studio to get it properly mastered before we upload it to Beatport.
The file format which will give the best result when mastered is called a pre-master file. This is basically a clean (unedited) export from Cubase, Reason, Logic or any other type of sequencer you use.
This can be either a 32, 24 (if you record in that mode) or 16 bit wav file. Make sure the file does not clip when you are exporting from your sequencer, and also make sure the track is not maxed out by means of a compressor / limiter. If there is a compressor / limiter present on the master track of your sequencer, take it out and turn the master track volume down until playback does not clip. Ideally this will get the average volume down to about -2, -3 decibels and is meant to make sure the peaks don't actually hit the 0dB line.
The premaster will sound low on volume, but it will have enough headroom to make proper mastering possible. The louder the export gets, the more difficult it becomes to adjust dynamics. You can never restore what has already been cut off by a limiter and thus making the track louder should be the very last step right after mastering.
Thanks in advance
Hope this helps 
What's clipping, exactly? Sample?
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| Originally posted by Gauss What's clipping, exactly? Sample? |
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| Originally posted by beats and beeps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio) |
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| Originally posted by GrooveCollect. As a label owner I can tell you how bad most of the tracks sound we get from (young) producers. They all pump up their track to the max and think they make it sound better, so they get it signed easier. |
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