Sorry , I lost my last four months of this and I know that it's too late to get that subject again but I can't resist ... I agree with your point, but ... ... have you ever heard any of 60's vinyl records ? Way too far from we are . But that doesn't mean that Mr. Ray Charles always go to his home by his feet , you know what I am saying ? ... That man knows what is to have a Airplaine !!! A lot of dance/house records are home-made ... Even Madonna could release a new tune dirty and spiked that just could be accepted as a new stuff ... Public Enemy's most sold albums soud like crap ! So, if you're not a Classical, Jazzist, old fashioned R&B producer, just relax and enjoy . ... or you really believe that if James Brown could do Mastering by himself, he won't to ...? Music is the Key and you all know that ! How could a "not that rich (100 grand) man" survive ? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Hanno di Rosa <dirosa@...> To: logic-users@onelist.com <logic-users@onelist.com> Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 4:11 PM Subject: [LUG] Re: mastering >From: Hanno di Rosa <dirosa@...> > >OK since the topic came up : here is what you have to look for to recognize >a REAL mastering house from the bullshit fake : >the REAL guys have class A analog wiring for analog >their Speakers cost more than a new small car >They have ALL types of Analog-digital machines >They have digital-bitscope monitors to see the bit depth and data behaviour >They process the material onto a DAW system favourite : Sonic >solutions/Sadie , and write the final work to either DDP/Exabyte or >Sony1630, which has no ERROR correction, which means each bit and byte is >checked , and rewritten to the master until NO error is transfered. >And this is the one of the MOST important factors, because EVERY CD you >burn will have errors, thats why the Reed Solomon correction process is >inside every CD player ! Also Dat has errors ! >Thats why they still prefer well done analog tape to begin with. >Now a REAL mastering setup costs around 100k$ for hardware+ wiring and all. >It does not mean : buy the TC Finalyser or dbx quantoom a PC with >soundblasterlive and voila you are a mastering place,but there are >thousands out there advertising+ doing it ! >btw has anybody ever heard an mpg3 file of acoustic music like jazz or >classical ? >shudder ! >ciao > >Unsubscribe: mail to logic-users-unsubscribe@onelist.com >