Here are some songs that I like which are badly mastered. So far I can name 3:

Rank1 - Top Gear
Deep Dish - Say Hello
Thomas Bronzwaer - Close Horizon

These songs sound too muffled. It's like these tracks are wearing a gas mask. I often have to increase the WOW effect as well as the treble (or 'highs' as some people call it) to get a decent sound. What are some of your favorite tracks that should have spent more time in the mastering studio?

depeche mode - songs of faith and devotion. all of it is badly mastered. i think it was to add to the grungy sound of the time but damn is it annoying

rob dougan - furious angels. again im sure it was done to add rawness to the sound because I know rob d can make some well mastered tunes (hard times) but it tends to hurt the listening experience

santiago nino - sudden death

i played it out before listening to it - bad idea. i had to mix out of it almost immediately. the kick sounds like buttshit.

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Randy Katana - Pleasure Island

just sounds horrible, enough said.

jan johnston - silent words (lyric & natali remix)

might just be the vinly pressing, i don't know. was gutted when i first played it cos it's one of my all time favourite tunes, but sounds HORRIBLE on my decks. i found an mp3 rip on audiogalaxy which was much better in comparison though, so not sure what the deal was there.


oh and fred baker vs nyram - confirmation, whilst having a nice melody, sounds like something i knocked up when first getting to grips with an early version of fruityloops

anything by the digital blonde

Junior Jack - E~Samba

maybe the early ozgur can's?

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I think you have to charge the bulk of how a production sounds to the producer who made the tune, not the masterer. If a tune is produced poorly than no matter how good a professional masterer is, it still is likely to sound bad, only maybe a little improved from before. Whereas, if a tune is produced to a pro quality, than the masterer's job becomes much easier and they can improve upon an already great sounding tune. But in the end, a production's overall quality rests with the producer.

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Originally posted by RapidFire rob dougan - furious angels. again im sure it was done to add rawness to the sound because I know rob d can make some well mastered tunes (hard times) but it tends to hurt the listening experience

Oh? Sounds great to me.

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Originally posted by Az anything by the digital blonde

Was just thinking that. Only his post 2001 stuff though.

the reason to why Digital Blondes tracks are badly mastered can be the fact that he produced them with an Atari with 4 mb memory. The same he had been using for over 10 years.

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