Deep Listening: Why Audio Quality Matters

Fongolio
Fongolio Posts: 3,516
edited August 2011 in Music & Movies
This is a YouTube video of a round table discussion about why audio quality matters in an Ipod world. It features several of the industries top recording and mastering engineers as well as several industry writers and reviewers. It's long (2:30:00) but very interesting. Some deep insights into the processes used to record and master and remaster some of today's most loved music. Well worth a watch/listen. I did a search but could not find it on this forum so I don't think it's been posted before.

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited July 2011
    Thank you for posting this. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought there were some great views about music and music formats given by the people on the panel. Very informative and important information.

    Greg
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited July 2011
    This is a very good video and well worth the time watching. It's something that can wake up some younger listeners that are not getting a true experience.

    Love this , go watch it already
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,315
    edited August 2011
    mtb_ww wrote: »
    Should be mandatory viewing for the MP3 crowd. (...with much narcissism).

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2011
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Your quickly becoming a real PITA

    After looking through the new posts, I see what you mean, and agree 1000%. Someone is trying to run up their post count with absolutely useless posts.
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