29-05-2018, 03:38 PM
Don't wish to appear a party pooper, but I couldn't listen to it because of the harsh harmonics and distortion artifacts. This was highly fatiguing for me. Some of the distortion is coming from the abundant clipping and no doubt the lossy codec having been given insufficient room for it's calculations.
So I put it quickly through span and this is the curve of the upper mids and treble, as attached. It shows both average and maximum values for the duration of the song, ref 0dBFS. As can be seen, the problem quickly becomes pronounced above 10kHz where values pushing -6dBFS occur. Someone with impaired hearing wouldn't notice this, depending on the extent of their impairment of course. Turning this mix up increases exposure to the hazardous portion of the spectrum because of the abundance of energy here relative to the rest of the mix's spectrum.
I've included my curve for comparison from the last mix-master, v3. I hacked the hell out of it to get the harmonics on an even keel and to a point where I could turn it up without calling the fire brigade. It also corresponds to a professional mastering EQ curve for the genre.
Am I missing something?
So I put it quickly through span and this is the curve of the upper mids and treble, as attached. It shows both average and maximum values for the duration of the song, ref 0dBFS. As can be seen, the problem quickly becomes pronounced above 10kHz where values pushing -6dBFS occur. Someone with impaired hearing wouldn't notice this, depending on the extent of their impairment of course. Turning this mix up increases exposure to the hazardous portion of the spectrum because of the abundance of energy here relative to the rest of the mix's spectrum.
I've included my curve for comparison from the last mix-master, v3. I hacked the hell out of it to get the harmonics on an even keel and to a point where I could turn it up without calling the fire brigade. It also corresponds to a professional mastering EQ curve for the genre.
Am I missing something?
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