what exactly is proffesional sound?

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sound quality is a relative thing, so there is actually NOT any proffesional sound. Its just what we all accept to be proffesional because it has been that way for so long.

If you turn up the highs in a piece of music and listen for one month, when you turn down the highs again, it wont sound as good.

If you turn down the highs and listen for one month. When you turn it back up, it will sound weird.

In light of the fact that there is really no "good" sound other than what we define and expect it to be,

my new philosophy is:

Dont mix. Create

Listen to your most favorite mixes again and see that they did not mix. They created.
 
you guys should watch "I am trying to break your heart"

I went to the Wilco film last week called "I am trying to break your heart" -

it's interesting for a number of reasons, chief being they got dumped from their label in the middle of the documentary, but basically, the label gave em $80,000 - and they started by writing songs on one guitar....sorta like folk

then they said we deconstruct and reconstruct...and it's our song so we can destroy it if we want to...LOL

and they're recording in their loft to 2 inch tape...eventually they did mix in a real studio, but some of the recording process is wild...and the album is even more so "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" -

if you want to talk about "creating mixes" - that album was it (although I think Jim O'Rourke ended up doing the final mixes.)

great album, great movie, great sounds....great vibes...go buy it today - it'll challenge ya from a mixing perspective and go buy the DVD when it comes out...LOL

RB
 
damn...

my sig ain't working right...crap

still go get the CD and movie.

rb
 
What's tha matter? Stovepiping on you? Failure to feed? Failure to fire? No extraction?

I'm a certified Sig armorer. :D
 
what exactly is proffesional sound?

I think it is getting the maximum sound quality out of every system that that song will be played on.

When the song you created sounds good on your car stereo, headphones at work, your brother/sisters stereo, your 1000 dollar system at home, your portable boombox, etc. When you can show off your masterpiece anywhere without having to explain why it sounds so raspy or so boomy or this way or that on different systems..

That is Quality sound to me.
 
Dont mix. Create
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...sometimes I forget that. It's the whole reason I started doing this in the first place. It was always about the art to me, not about the science. But, it seems in the quest for "the perfect sound" (the mountain I climb, knowing I'll never reach the top), it's easy to get wrapped up in the technical details and lose sight of what's important, and why I'm really doing this.

anyhow, thanks for the reminder
 
Dont mix. Create
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I really needed to hear that..... I've been all caught up in the mixing and havent done a new song in weeks. Its starting to suck. I will never be happy with a mix so why do I try so hard to get it perfect......?
Myx
 
What is professional sound?

When the song your listening to sounds like the artist is playing right in front of you
 
hmmm....

While I agree that creativity and art are what it's all about, I think we can say with certainty that some things sound better than others. Being able to control the two is the rub.
A good mixer can choose to make something sound good or bad based on experience and knowedge and the context of a song, while a bad mixer consistanly produces stuff that sounds bad.

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com
 
Teacher said:
What is professional sound?

When the song your listening to sounds like the artist is playing right in front of you
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In the case of some bands, professional sounding would be hiding the true ineptitude of the band and provide the consumer with something listenable.:eek:

SoMm
 
what exactly is proffesional sound?
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Its another man made thing myth and doesn't really exist. It's like saying..... "what is a really good car?"

I've heard mixes here that blow away things that I've heard on the radio, even Major Label CD's for that matter!

So.... don't get caught up in this "professional sound" thing. You'll be a dog chasing his own tail! ;)
 
Son of Mixerman said:


In the case of some bands, professional sounding would be hiding the true ineptitude of the band and provide the consumer with something listenable.:eek:

SoMm
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AMEN!!!!!!!!!
 
I think a "professional sound" comes from well performed music played on good instruments,combined with good recording tecqniques.To me,a professional sounding album isn't necessarily the one with the most sonic clarity or used the latest high tech gadgetry,but one that sounds musical and presents the music to the record-buying public in a way that is pleasing to them.

The way I like to think of things is if say, Little Feat(I wish) were to come to my modest studio and record something and the teenage kids from the garage down the street who really suck were to go to Abbey Road and record something,which recording would sound better?


Peace:rolleyes:
 
the "professional sound" is the sound of the client's check being cashed...
 
GREAT QUESTIONS CYAN.

OK THOUGH, CONTROVERSY TIME...

Many of the responses you got here are great but, this web site is mostly ROCK ORIENTED thought processes.

In audiophile land where classical rules, we claim that a good recording is something that lacks sound color.

In other words, a Stradivarius, sounds like a Stradivarius on the master tapes.
None of the components used to record the violin has changed the sound in anyway.

HOWEVER, that is an ambition.

No matter what, sound gets colored. Even with the best of gear.
The better the gear, the less color there will be though.

AS FAR AS YOUR GREAT QUESTION;

Professional sound many times does NOT mean good sound.

Many great bands sound like crap.

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62132

Sean
 
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