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  1. May I ask why you don't do the mastering on the lossless files (Sergio said we had them yesterday at least)? Seems a bit weird to do double compression if you don't have to.
  2. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:May I ask why you don't do the mastering on the lossless files (Sergio said we had them yesterday at least)? Seems a bit weird to do double compression if you don't have to.
    There must be a misunderstanding here...because we don't have the lossless files... Not today, and not yesterday.

    But believe me, I had exactly the same thought this morning...
  3. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:May I ask why you don't do the mastering on the lossless files (Sergio said we had them yesterday at least)? Seems a bit weird to do double compression if you don't have to.
    I didn't say we have the lossless - I said we would/will have them
  4. Then why not wait a while until we have them? Double compression does nasty things to sound.
  5. Because we need it now! Waiting is for chumps!
  6. not really, but why wait? it's actual now, the longer you wait the less value it has. Yes, you can argue about the lossy format and that its not the best possible version, but unlike you, many people (including me) are really happy with it. Certainly at this point. In 3 years time, when we maybe have some of your perfect mixes and/or others, not many will care about these paris iem's anymore.
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  8. Originally posted by Ricku2:Certainly at this point. In 3 years time, when we maybe have some of your perfect mixes and/or others, not many will care about these paris iem's anymore.


    be prepared to care about those for a long time ...
  9. no problem, good to have a person like you in control of future IEM uploads. We'll see what happens. I decided not to IEM tape this tour, so clearly I can live without them. And I'm sure many can. If people want to upload their recording, without making big dramas, I really like that. If people don't want to, that's fine for me too, as long as they don't make big dramas out of it.
  10. Again, we could argue about releasing IEM recordings mid-tour in another thread. I think it's short-sighted, and I've been guilty of doing it in the past. So I'll own my part.

    That said--I listened to the feed that was posted from Paris 2. What sort of stereo effect was done for this? Sounds like the low-mids are 15% panned to the left, and the highs are panned to the right, and maybe another section of the highs are panned left? Sounds whacky.
  11. Originally posted by hoserama:[...] That said--I listened to the feed that was posted from Paris 2. What sort of stereo effect was done for this? Sounds like the low-mids are 15% panned to the left, and the highs are panned to the right, and maybe another section of the highs are panned left? Sounds whacky.
    Seriously, I have no idea how that happened - I did notice it too but by then I had already made too many clean-ups to go back and have it released still before tea (which was sort of part of the whole idea, as Achtungpop explained somewhere above).

    And, to be totally honest here with you, ‘raw’ IEM’s have always sounded pretty funky to me so that’s why I only realized later that something odd had occurred in the "dubbing" of the so-called bono-iem (which was on the right channel only). But I have to admit that I also kinda liked the wacky sound better then the initial ‘raw’ bono-iem. And, too, since it was still the lossy feed only, I figured that it was better to get it right with the lossless pull.
  12. I don't like IEM recordings and therefore haven't heard it, but there still should be an effort made to produce something that is the best it can be. "As good as possible" is better than "as soon as possible".