Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 6 [Webisode]

[thebeatinventor]

Bernie sometimes looks like he gets irritated by his own son's comments.

[vampreen12356]

honestly iv only digitally mastered(been doing it for about a 1.5 and im 16 years old) iv spent hour's and hour's even a week at a time on projects and even in the digital realm i think less in the chain sounds better then any thing. i used maybe 4 vst's in my chain for mastering(sometimes ill use 5 to bring out a few things im wanting to hear) but over all it seems less is more in mastering to me.(btw dont hate on me for digital mastering im 16 years old)

[wendileona]

Didn't Mr. Bernie Grundman state at a conference that the loudness wars had actually started as far back as 40+ years? Something about improved cartridges for phono record players were introduced and artists wanted more loudness as a result, something like that.

Seems like you have to be very skillful in artists/technician relationships which is part of being a professional, creating that balance.

This was very, very interesting, informative. Thanks very much!

[pgshows]

@wendileona I would bet you're right he did, and that they had, but there was a focus on fidelity being the ultimate goal back in those days and less of a " I will have greater force " sort of competition. No matter the semantics we could argue though, there isn't truly a marker that will be able to be proved. We can tell you when (in our experience) there began more of a ground swell of change. But there are some interesting newer records that have opted for a notch down,but insignificant.

[thegrimyeaper]

Rhythm Nation is one of my all time favorite albums. Sucks to hear it started the loudness war.

[jgk381]

@thegrimyeaper thats interesting they said that, because I remember back when that new sound came in the mid-late 80's and I did not like it because it was so loud compared to everything, lol.

[slovokia]

Bernie makes a lot of sense - Good mastering is about good judgement as much as good equipment

[WirSindRocker]

why is the intro and outro sound THAT LOUD??? -.-