[BC] Modualtion Monitors (do we need them?)

[Kevin Trueblood]

It's not just the broadcasters.  Probably 90% of the modern stuff I get from 
the record companies is compressed to death.  Rock stations have it 
worse...dubbing their songs in just looks like a solid white block of audio 
in Audio Vault.  Rip a track off of any Nickelback CD into Adobe Audition 
and you'll see what I mean.

Kevin Trueblood
Director of Operations
AAA Entertainment Radio Group - Bloomington, Il
Program Director
WYST/Star 107.7
309-888-4496
kevint at aaabloomington.com



-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of nakayle at gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:13 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] Modualtion Monitors (do we need them?)

 Well I guess I'm just an old fogie but as a retired BC eng who has been out
of the biz a while I can't believe how lax the commission has become.  In my
day to operate without a freq and mod monitors was unthinkable.  In fact, I
usually had two- one to check the other.

   And while I'm at it, I can't tell you how much I hate modern day audio
processing.  It sounds like every station has a modulation range between
80-100%.   I have to listen to CDs to hear music with any realistic dynamic
range now a days.  Today's broadcasters don't understand that when you
compress the hell out of music it becomes bland and fatiguing.

- Nat Kayle