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

[Mike McCarthy]

You think rock is bad,  try any of the rhythmic dance and rap tracks in the 
past 5 years.  They run on average less than 1dB and peak below 0.1dB below 
0dBfs respectively.  It's insane to try and process old and new stuff 
without ripping the old stuff into Audition and gain boost/limit the levels.

MM

At 10:04 AM 8/1/2006 -0500, Kevin Trueblood wrote
>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
>
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