If something is technically wrong but inaudible, is that a problem ? When is it OK to break the rules ? What is “audibility”, anyway ?
Topics include:
- If everyone else is listening is listening on earbuds and phones, why shouldn’t we ?
- If music is art, it’s just a matter of taste - so how can anything be wrong ?
- Ear training - how do you learn to listen ?
- Are the answers to any of these questions different for mastering engineers ?
- Plus: The secret super-power of Stealth Tambourines
Links
Geoff Emerick: "Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles"
Sample Rate Conversion comparisons
If you can’t hear it, it doesn’t matter, right ?
TMS #2 - The three Ms of mastering - Monitoring, Metering and Mindset
TMS #18 - The Emperor’s New Ears - how to test what you can hear
Yes! Another episode!
Thank you for bringing us the knowledge and the mindset, Ian.
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