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Gillans micstand wrote:

I said the mastering job is excellent,after the mix,because thats the order of things,had he done a fulltime job during the mix,would we have a good master?
Yes...prehaps so,but mixing and mastering are two seperate functions,as you know,one follows the other.

And when you master the sound,you're mastering your mix at that point.
I say it's the same as the reviewer mentioned in the link that was posted by Ormandy.
You can't cause drop offs by mastering,the drop off happened during the mix,and notice how the reviewer mentioned it sounds "pedestrian" and see that he's speaking of the mix in particular.
A quality mastering job,will still show mixing flaws.
So perhaps it's a little of both?(not sure)
(backyard recording)

When you matser the recording,it's whats mixed by you,that will be effected,not the performance,and you will still hear if something was not done,that should've been.

They must not have been trying to get a big sound or something,but notice how alot of Gillans tone and harmonies,match that of Machine Head,or resemble certain qualities.
It's important to have direction,and it seems this is a struggling point.
You have to get over the "what do we want to do" factor,and just do it...sometimes.

If it's of no consequence to you,and all involved,then it will proceed to the manufacturing stage,before it should.
I think time was not taken during the mix,he may have felt it would be too polished,had he worked any longer,as this seems to be his mindset with MKMorse Purple,he feels that it doesn't need to be over done,but thats the way they always worked...till they got it right in their minds....having someone else make those decisions,is not a personally good idea it's seeming to be now.

I like the "sound" of the recording,however,I don't like the way it disfuntions depending on the equipment it's played through,and it's of no faulty equipment that it does this.
There are compaibility issues,and as I mentioned somehwere before,there is a drop off in the togetherness of the recording,it losses itslef by the time you get to "CQA" and begins to have a fakeness to it,as if he got lazy,and decided not to do a fulltime mixing of the keyboard work,leaving the textures to leave it sounding thin,by not blending it with the rhythm section...and it's crystal clear to me,when hearing through high end equipment.

I didn't pay three dollars below the suggested retail price,so I don't appreciate paying a full dollar,and only getting 3 quarters turnaround on it.
I blame production value,not band writing and performance skills.

It's fine work by Purple standards as far as the band and the material they wrote and played,but the product suffers from haste.

If Bradford did the best he can do,then I don't welcome him any longer.
It's too slick for me...here is a guy that has a chance to help re invent them,and he's not doing all that well at his opportunity to make a difference for the better.

Maybe the band just doesn't want to work at it,and are happy just repeating theirselves on a less quality level than they have up to this point.
Steam isn't everlasting.

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Gillans micstand wrote:

Good sound is not a matter of opinion,period.

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Gillans micstand wrote:

The mastering job is excellent on ROTD,the problem occured during the mixing stage,period.

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Gillans micstand wrote:

You can't cause drop offs by mastering,the drop off happened during the mix,

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Gillans micstand wrote:

it's almost impossible to get a good recording,using all the wrong equipment,and if you don't use all of that you have to work with,it can show very easily.

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Gillans micstand wrote:

You are 100% wrong about this.....I've already commented that I listen to it with a sound professional in a home studio,and have been putting it through Pro Tools and Q-Base software.

It happened during the mixing process ByTor,period.

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Gillans micstand wrote:

The problem is the WAV....IF YOUR SLIDER WON'T MOVE,SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM THE MIX,SO IT'S EITHER A SOUND COMPONENT,OR SOME KIND OF SHOT CUT,FAKING THE COMPONENT

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GuitarJack wrote:

Production problems aside it`s still a damn fine album.

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