Topic: record is so "loud" that it destroys vinyl press

[morst]

Gone are the days when engineers worked with dynamics.

Maybe those days are not gone for good?
http://www.turnmeup.org/index.shtml

Turn Me Up!™ is a non-profit music industry organization campaigning to give artists back the choice to release more dynamic records. To be clear, it's not our goal to discourage loud records; they are, of course, a valid choice for many artists. We simply want to make the choice for a more dynamic record an option for artists.

Today, artists generally feel they have to master their records to be as loud as everybody else's. This certainly works for many artists. However, there are many other artists who feel their music would be better served by a more dynamic record, but who don't feel like that option is available to them.

This all comes down to the moment a consumer hears a record, and the fear that if the record is more dynamic, the consumer won't know to just turn up the volume. This is an understandable concern, and one Turn Me Up! is working to resolve.

[Church-Audio]

This volume thing is for the most part the only way a shit engineer can make anything sound "supposedly" better. Gone are the days when engineers worked with dynamics. Most of these engineers I would not let mix a cake never mind a band.

Dammit Chris!  Stop giving me sig material!

Gold.  Pure Gold!   

1-Man the band sounds really good in the bathroom.

2-Can I have more cowbell in the monitor please?

3-Can you go over and adjust my fan so it blows my hair back?

4-I want you to create a bubble of sound!

5-I wish there was not so many standing waves in this room thats why it sounds so bad....

6-Yeah I know its feeding back at 50 hz thanks

7-It should sound good we just had the room tuned with  a "Meyer Sim"

8-The last guy made it sound better.

9-The band last week was much more quiet then you guys.

10-Does it have to be that loud?

11-Can you do sound check after dinner?

12-Can you move your sound board that's where the buffet goes.

13-You musicians are nothing but scum...  * Sound man loses it and starts to put gear back on the truck * ( Me ) and Bar owner has a change of heart and says but I did not mean you guys. * Sound man starts to bring gear out of truck and back into venue *

14-We can fix it in post.

15-Would you be a better singer if we added more vocal to your reverb?

16-I would like more delay in my monitor please.

17-I really need my cow bell in the monitors please.

18-I would like you to get us coffee thanks.

19-I think you have me confused with a monitor guy.

20-Yeah guys it sounds great out front.

21-I would be honored to do sound for your high school battle of the bands!

22-I am pretty sure I backed it up.

23-Check one two three * wook says * " cant you count to four?"

24-Band asks bar owner for more beer and they get it.

25-Can you please take some of the PA out of our club your scarring our customers away.

26- Can you please give me a bit more 18k in the front wedge.

27- Of course your guitar channel is on in the house

28- Please park your tour bus beside that junkie in the alleyway thanks!

29- Oh You mean you guys cant all sleep in one room?


I have many more.

Thank you.

[RebelRebel]

This volume thing is for the most part the only way a shit engineer can make anything sound "supposedly" better. Gone are the days when engineers worked with dynamics. Most of these engineers I would not let mix a cake never mind a band.

Dammit Chris!  Stop giving me sig material!

Gold.  Pure Gold!   

Please dont enourage him.