From: Richard Webb Greetings, I’m quite impressed with your revised article on compression, Bob. Quite a few examples which should help educate the public. I thought it was a good …
Compression: Don’t Quit and Grow Asparagus
Don’t grow asparagus, Bob, please! (Some great audio encouragement, in response to a facetious threat I made on a day that I was depressed with the state of the industry, …
Compression: Don’t Quit, Bob!
With encouragement like the above letter and the following, I stopped threatening to grow asparagus and went back into my education campaign… From: John W Deacon Subject: Depression and stuff …
Compression: Are Films and Trailers Getting Louder?
From: “Jerry Gerber” Dear Bob: Thanks for putting together a really informative and well-thought out web site. I have been perusing the various articles about mastering, digital audio, etc, and …
CD Premasters: Differences between PMCD and CD-R
From: J Zuckerman My questions are: Is there a difference between a PMCD and a CD-R burned with all the specs using pro software like Masterlist or Jam? At one …
Clients: Good Thing Some have Ears!
From: Cook, Brian BG Hello Bob, Thanks for the very informative Web page on mastering, I’m hoping I could take up a little of your time to ask you some …
Compression in Mastering Dance Music
Hello Bob, Thank you for all the amazing information, and everything you do. Sorry for my english Recently i went to two mastering studios with my mixes for hearing the …
Compression: Only the best practices from a quality-conscious Viennese Radio engineer
From: Florian Camerer My comments are: Congratulations!! I just read Bob Katz’s article concerning Compression in Mastering and I find it one of the most comprehensive and informative sources on …
Compression: The Fugitive versus Titanic (from my compression article)
From: John Glynn Dear Bob, By the way, are you the author of that inspiring essay on Compression? It would make a worthy additional book to the bible, maybe just …
Compression: Wow! A Program director who knows what happens to overcompressed music on the Radio!
From: “George D. Graham” Dear Bob: Thanks for the message. I just spent a while reading your excellent piece on compression from a mastering engineer’s view. Very well put! If …