From: Andrew Lamont Hello I enjoy the many informative articles. My question is… what are your current feelings on loud CD’S now as they seem to me to be all …
Loudness from the Audiophile point of view
From: smonster Hi Bob, I’m on a mailing list of Sonic Solution’s receptionist Ann Peters’ and read your missive on the perils of compression. I’m the chief engineer for …
Loudness Race Discussed
From: LASERCD Here’s the problem that i’ve been running from for a long time…. a lot of the bands (and customers) are complaining that the levels of the CDs are …
Levels: Proper Recording and File Levels
From: Brooks Magee My comments are: I have some questions about recording & post-processing levels with digital equipment (yes – I read your levels article, but I still have …
Loudness: Radio Stations and the Loudness War and good comments on analog PPMs
From: “Timothy P. Stockman” Organization: Integrated Electronic Solutions Hi, Your essays on digital audio are GREAT! It’s the first time I’ve seen this much useful information all together in one …
Loudness War: “Diminishing Returns”
John writes: The master was passed around among all 10 of us and some others for a final listen and the only question raised was about loudness….we appear to …
Laptop Speakers: Volume while checking mixes
Dear Sir, Regarding the question on the laptop’s volume: The volume of the laptop should be kept at what percentage of its maximum volume while cross checking mixes through headphones or even …
Levels: Proper Recording and File Levels II
Name: Vinnie Lee Subject: Confused about levels Message: Hello Bob! I read the FAQs, and it helped me a lot !! I can’t thank you enough! But I still got …
Masters for duplication from an AES/EBU CD Recorder?
I’m keeping this FAQ in for historical reasons, at least until I’m sure absolutely no one is attempting to do what this person was doing at the time he wrote! …
Mastering Software
Koen Heldens wrote: Hi Bob, It has been a while since we last communicated. Hope you are doing well! Recently I’ve been experimenting with M/S techniques during mixdown, not for …