![]() I digress, but the point was supposed to be that if you aren't trying to mix in just the very top 3db of your dynamic range with your monitor volume way down (from listening to those volume war CDs), you won't be reaching for a compressor as much. Even after the lossy streaming treatment. But with the -12 LUFS normalization going on, those examples are really sounding like ass next to proper masters. Their source material is still often the volume war and treble blasted CD edition - which is a problem. The streaming services are hitting around -12 LUFS nowadays. Make those the outliers to you, not the other way around, and everything gets easier. The volume war masters you run across just sound stupid and trashy and make you jump for the volume. If you set your monitor system for the -16 to -13 LUFS range everything makes more sense. Just being able to grab bits of audio on the screen at will and adjust the level 'film clip' style to frame everything in initially is pretty quick and eliminates a good amount of need for compression as a safety valve. Yeah, how tight and tricky are those automation envelopes you're drawing around transients?! But really, that tells the story there, to me. This man is way too humble and open minded for a guy who was part of the best selling album of all time! That's pretty cool. I think we come from two different camps. lol I mean, I'm sure that album would have done really well even if it was in the hands of a more amateur mixer (just based on the fact that MJ was an incredible artist), but still.Ĭredit to Swedien for not just outright coming out and smiting down any deniers instantly, however. Post #3 had me cringe in fear, as, while I don't know the credentials of "lawrence_o", disagreeing with the man that mixed the #1 selling album of all time is a pretty ballsy thing to do. By the way my link in the Op is the original discussion of Bruce swedien talking about why he doesn't like compression in case anybody wants to read it
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