My Name
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Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese dream sounds increadible. mmmmmmmmm
BRIEFCASEMANX
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My Name said:
oh man.....those guitars are so awesome
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Fishybob
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I agree with the pumpkin thing. Sounds awesome in my studio, sounds a bit muddy everywhere else I've heard it though IMO.
Blue Bear Sound
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My list hasn't changed in a while except for a couple of new additions...
Steely Dan - AJA, Two Against Nature
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magick
XTC - Black Sea, English Settlement
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Diana Krall - first 2 albums
Steely Dan - AJA, Two Against Nature
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magick
XTC - Black Sea, English Settlement
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Diana Krall - first 2 albums
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wishtheend
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Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake: Yes, I know metal uses tons of samples and stuff in the studio, and I won't dispute that they are in this album. But this album has the perfect blend of using them as "reinforcement" to the already amazing sounding drumkit. The guitars, bass and vocals where all recorded flawlessly and it just gives to a very powerful album that still doesn't loose the rawness and energy of them being a live band (where as other bands sound too polished in the studio).
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile: The mix on this album, with as many layers of synths, guitars, vocals, drums etc, is perfect. Everything holds its sweet spot and still has plenty of room to breath. Not nessicary a "hot signal" compared to more current cds, but that would have only crushed the dynamics of the songs.
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile: The mix on this album, with as many layers of synths, guitars, vocals, drums etc, is perfect. Everything holds its sweet spot and still has plenty of room to breath. Not nessicary a "hot signal" compared to more current cds, but that would have only crushed the dynamics of the songs.
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Samantha C.
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dredg - El Cielo
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TheDewd
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Kelly and Avril
The three mainstream masterpieces I have heard are:
1) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
This is clearly the best mix I have ever heard - period! I never thought someone could kick Tom Lord-Alge's bald ass and Randy Staub's mighty tightness, but Serban Ghenea did it! Awesome mixing with the drums upfront as I like it and nice processing over the vocals.
2) Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
Randy Staub mixing two songs and Tom Lord-Alge taking the remaning songs is a recipe for success. The Low-End is so damn TIGHT you want to die when the bass drum hits! Unfortunately, Leon Zervos pushed the shit to around -8 dBRMS which is MUCH too loud and you can somewhat hear a little compression here and there.
3) Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Randy Staub was incredible at mixing this album. He put the snare drum RIGHT IN MY FACE, which is what I prefer. The guitars are panned in a very sweet way and the low end is really smooth but ohhh lord so tight! Back in the day, the loudness war wasn't up and George Marino applied his magic beautifully by adding his "miracle" frequency compensation to give the album a crunchy woody tone. Awesome!
The three mainstream masterpieces I have heard are:
1) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
This is clearly the best mix I have ever heard - period! I never thought someone could kick Tom Lord-Alge's bald ass and Randy Staub's mighty tightness, but Serban Ghenea did it! Awesome mixing with the drums upfront as I like it and nice processing over the vocals.
2) Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
Randy Staub mixing two songs and Tom Lord-Alge taking the remaning songs is a recipe for success. The Low-End is so damn TIGHT you want to die when the bass drum hits! Unfortunately, Leon Zervos pushed the shit to around -8 dBRMS which is MUCH too loud and you can somewhat hear a little compression here and there.
3) Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Randy Staub was incredible at mixing this album. He put the snare drum RIGHT IN MY FACE, which is what I prefer. The guitars are panned in a very sweet way and the low end is really smooth but ohhh lord so tight! Back in the day, the loudness war wasn't up and George Marino applied his magic beautifully by adding his "miracle" frequency compensation to give the album a crunchy woody tone. Awesome!
aaroncomp
1-20-2009
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
John Legend - Get Lifted
John Legend - Get Lifted
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kylen
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Cool list Blue Bear - standards for sure (don't know about the XTC though - I have the others), started today with a cup of java and a couple of the Steely Dan "Two Against Nature" cuts to get my ears thinking - haha.
Here's a couple of unexpected things I found today. Checking out Faith Hill "Fireflies" was a fairly clean production even though there was some radio-ready limiting happening - maybe this is normal for country these days but there were multiple producers and mixers, and mastering engineers on that one! I was listening in my superclean HD600 phones though so pre-amp coloring and radio-ready goofiness gets noticed real quick - yeech!
An unexpected pleasure is the new rockin' Jason Mraz "Mr. A-Z" very well mixed (Steve Lillywhite) and mastered (Ted Jensen). This one is really clear and uncolored - I switched to the beyer DT770 phones that tilt the spectrum a bit and present more bass and less treble. This seems a fine "now" sounding balance - non radio ready but loud & punchy enough due to excellent arrangements, mixing, and mastering. The material is fun and quirky enough to listen to a number of times too.
Here's a couple of unexpected things I found today. Checking out Faith Hill "Fireflies" was a fairly clean production even though there was some radio-ready limiting happening - maybe this is normal for country these days but there were multiple producers and mixers, and mastering engineers on that one! I was listening in my superclean HD600 phones though so pre-amp coloring and radio-ready goofiness gets noticed real quick - yeech!
An unexpected pleasure is the new rockin' Jason Mraz "Mr. A-Z" very well mixed (Steve Lillywhite) and mastered (Ted Jensen). This one is really clear and uncolored - I switched to the beyer DT770 phones that tilt the spectrum a bit and present more bass and less treble. This seems a fine "now" sounding balance - non radio ready but loud & punchy enough due to excellent arrangements, mixing, and mastering. The material is fun and quirky enough to listen to a number of times too.
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ndycus1
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Like Kylen, I was also pleasantly surprised with Jason Mraz's "Mr. A-Z". Everything in the album sounds so clear.
Incubus's "Morning View" is another great sounding album in my opinion.
And I also love the sound of "Animosity" from Sevendust.
Incubus's "Morning View" is another great sounding album in my opinion.
And I also love the sound of "Animosity" from Sevendust.
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bball_1523
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Metallica between self-titled to reload, sounds amazing to my ears. St. Anger on the other hand...
amra
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What do you guys think of the "No More Tears" CD from Ozzy?
I listened to that CD the other day, and to my admittedly novice ears, it sounds pretty sweet, for a rock record. Of course the title track's intro\bassline is classic, and to me what I always thought a good bass recorded tone should sound like.
I listened to that CD the other day, and to my admittedly novice ears, it sounds pretty sweet, for a rock record. Of course the title track's intro\bassline is classic, and to me what I always thought a good bass recorded tone should sound like.