tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post7681259427650452203..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: The Radiohead In Rainbows Experiment [Lurks]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-27470067578916688492008-02-01T14:12:00.000+00:002008-02-01T14:12:00.000+00:00I have just loaded parts of this album into an aud...<br>I have just loaded parts of this album into an audio editor after hearing horrible digital clipping distortion throughout. The levels don't actually enter clipping territory whilst playing, but the waveform shows highly compressed levels. If I had made a recording at too high a level, causing digital distortion, and then cut back or normalised to just within 0db, the actual volume level Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-57118098381755198422007-10-11T23:15:00.000+01:002007-10-11T23:15:00.000+01:00Indeed, I know the issue well. The thing is the lo...<br>Indeed, I know the issue well. The thing is the loudness war lead to an industry stablisation, if you can call it that, of an average level of around -10dB. Mate, in those recordings there, it's less than -2. It's proper proper wrong.<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-1664231956923513842007-10-11T11:31:00.000+01:002007-10-11T11:31:00.000+01:00Unfortunately its all part of the 'loudness war' w...<br><br> <br><br>Unfortunately its all part of the 'loudness war' which has seen mastering levels pushed through the roof in the last twenty years because louder is perceived as better. This has squashed all the dynamics out music in order to make it as consistently loud as possible. It has got so bad there are online petitions for the remastering of Californication by the RHCP which is pretty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-75596724468970268062007-10-11T08:59:00.000+01:002007-10-11T08:59:00.000+01:00"What this means is that the blown-speaker soundin...<br><br><br><i><em>"What this means is that the blown-speaker sounding distortion is at the source level - it is NOT the rip or the mastering."</em></i><br>It's not the rip but you can't say it's not the mastering. A mixing desk has many channels and in the process of recording there's a downmix made resulting in a single master level out which really has no baring on whatever earlier per-channelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-3955220981717824992007-10-10T22:22:00.000+01:002007-10-10T22:22:00.000+01:00Jonny Greenwood has commented on the bitrate on Ro...<br><br><br><br><br><br>Jonny Greenwood has commented on the bitrate on RollingStone<br><br><em>How would you respond to complaints about the sound quality – that 160 isn’t a high enough bitrate?</em>I don’t know, we talked about it and we just wanted to make it a bit better than iTunes, which it is, so that’s kind of good enough, really. It’s never going to be CD quality, because that’s what CD Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-32826952946096596052007-10-10T22:01:00.000+01:002007-10-10T22:01:00.000+01:00Having returned home, downloaded the version (the ...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Having returned home, downloaded the version (the 7th time I have bought a Radiohead album on day of release including Pablo Honey fuckers ;) ), I can now see precisely what Lurks is getting at. Album opener Videotape has all sorts of distortion and clipping going on across practically every instrument at sporadic points. It sounds like when you push cheap headphones Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-24930465023665733502007-10-10T18:09:00.000+01:002007-10-10T18:09:00.000+01:00A few points. I don't accept that the recording en...<br><br><br><br><br><br>A few points. I don't accept that the recording environment is satisfactory for just about anything. However you're clearly right in saying that the environment itself is not responsible for the sound. I mention it really, and I should have been more clear about this, as I think it shows their attitude to recording this album. It has a very DIY look to me.<br><br>The poor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-5298552880973695832007-10-10T17:31:00.000+01:002007-10-10T17:31:00.000+01:00Beej for teh love of Jebus please fix this wordsan...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Beej for teh love of Jebus please fix this wordsandwichshit we're looking really dumb here!!<br><br><br><br><br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-72791842538156258122007-10-10T17:29:00.000+01:002007-10-10T17:29:00.000+01:00I really only see intentional or ripping as the ca...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>I really only see intentional or ripping as the cause of this which can you leave with a result of either'interesting'and / or 'damnfrustrating' respectively. I'm sure its not the recording environment for a few reasons. In other pictures you can see isolation screens in the recording environment and since everything is close-mic'd in the studio from guitar amps, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-34583103203980492472007-10-10T09:53:00.000+01:002007-10-10T09:53:00.000+01:00Alright my guess about the amateur recording scena...Alright my guess about the amateur recording scenario of the album appears to have been on the money. Here's some pictures of the recording environment:http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/images/I%20am%20in%20a%20roomagain.jpg - So cut down there's no wallshttp://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/images/Nigel%20didnt%20want%20to%20miss%20anything.jpg - Nice wood panellinghttp://www.radiohead.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com