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

[cldube]

Give me a 1957 recording of The Pollwinners (Kessel, Brown,& Manne) any day.
It's like opening a window and catching a breeze compared to the stifling
mastering done today (and I know it's not the mastering engineers' fault for 
the most
part). I once read an article in the mid 80's (Mix???) that stated that the 
nadir of (analog) recording
happened in the early 70's. I'm inclined to maintain that position, although 
there certainly are
exceptions these days (i.e. Painted From Memory- Elvis Costello and Burt 
Bacharach).
Ok- I've offered my superfluous opinion for the day.

Chuck Dube




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
>