Mastering in 2011
Posted Sep 23, 2011, 12:42 PM UTC
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I'm absolutely a newb here but could someone please explain the non-memetic content of this image? What are transients? Why do we want to get rid of them? Do we really want to get rid of them or is the comic sarcastic?
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Definitely sarcastic. It's a comment on the Loudness War.
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Transients are very short spikes in volume, typically from drums and other percussion. We actually usually don't want to get rid of them, since they provide the distinctive percussiveness or "punch" or "pop" we want from drums sounds. However, some dynamic range compression techniques, especially loudness-war era master channel "maximizing", tend to alter or entirely remove the transient volume spikes and strip away the tracks punchiness in favor of an overall "louder" sound.
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Sadly true.
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what the fuck why did my music stop being so loud all of the sudden!?!?!?!? now i have to hear ambient noise fuck to be all the hadding!
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Don't fucking post meme images here, this is a serious sub for musicians, not bullshit fucking memes.
I'm gonna say this in all caps just to show how serious I am.
KEEP YOUR MOTHER FUCKING BULLSHIT MEMES THE FUCK OFF OF THIS FUCKING SUBREDDIT YOU DUMB MOTHER FUCKER.
Feel free, however, to post meaningful worthwhile content.
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I disagree, This post taught me and probably some other what transients were
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Well I'm glad you learned something out of it.
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jesus christ man
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Lmao holy fuck!
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God damn it, I fucking agree with you so hard.
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I like my music how I live my life. Anti-dynamic.