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On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 21:02 -0400, Al Thompson wrote:
> This whole "mastering plugin" thing is something I really fail to grasp

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> from a logical, technical, and artistic viewpoint.  In years past, the

> recording engineer, under direction of a producer (who may or may not

> have been the artist), mixed the track to sound how they wanted it.  The

> record company then sent the half-track master to a "mastering engineer"

> who made sure it was technically acceptable to be cut on a lacquer and

> would play on a typical turntable.  He also made SLIGHT EQ adjustments,

> based on his trained ears, highly-specialized equipment, and experience.

 And it still is. Nothing has changed just because the industry is more

digital now.
> Alas, along came computers. Along came someone with the bright idea of

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> totally automating what it was that the mastering engineer did. 

 When I master I use a variety of tools, including jamin, but i don't

use one setting, and I don't know any credible mastering engineer who

does use some automated setting. That's just crazy.
 Jamin has a multi-band compressor, and a high resolution EQ in it (as

well as a limiter and the ability to add harmonics) which can be found

as separate tools in an analog mastering rack.
 No difference.
 Rich...
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