Contact: Mike Fischer at Diskmakers
for CD manufacturing
Tell him Dave at Foxwood sent
you
copyrightŠ foxwood mastering 2000
Contact: Mike Fischer at Diskmakers
for CD manufacturing
Tell him Dave at Foxwood sent
you
copyrightŠ foxwood mastering 2000
Tom Paxton - Todd Snider: - The Bluegrass Evises- Jack Clement - Johnny Cash - Iris DeMent - Riders In The Sky - Charley Pride - Earl Brown - Steep Canyon Rangers - Pine Mountain Railroad - B.B. King -Blue Jay Patten - Billy Preston - Issac Hayes - Bill Miller - Phil Lee - Ron Sexsmith - Hotwater Music - Francis Dunnery - Mike Henderson and The BlueBloods - The Dead Reckoners - Waylon Jennings - Billy Pilgrim - Bryan Sutton - Tom T. Hall - John Hartford - Ronnie McCoury - Laura Boosinger - The Cluster Pluckers - Will Maring - Paul Zarzyski - The Cracker Barrel - Stuart Duncan - Pat Mclaughlin - JesseMcReynolds - Happy Land (Songs Of Laura Ingalls Wilder) - Gove Scrivenor - Jimmy Steffan - - The Gordons - Roland White Band - Jessie McReynolds - Red Terrier - Lou Wamp - Kieran Kane - Charlie Major - Wayland Patton - Cowboy Hymns and Prayers - Waddie Mitchell - John Prine and Mac Wiseman - Nathan Clark George - Kelly Zullo - Mcgee Pragnell Band - Dave Olney
I will give you a CD that has full 16 bit resolution, as opposed to most cds on the market which only have about 10 to 12 bits. I will adjust volumes, EQ, and compression, so all the songs match. Overall volume will be competitive, but without destroying quality, and dynamic range. Excessive elevated levels have reduced most cds to mp3 quality, and dynamic range. That's why Cd sales are down 30%. People are sharing mp3 downloads because they can't hear the difference from the original Cd. I will give you a great sounding Cd with 16 bit dynamic range.
CD
Mastering for CD Production
CD
Mastering and Mixing Facts
Dynamic
range is a measurement of sound from the softest section, to the loudest.
It is measured in decibels. The CD redbook standard is 16 bits,
recorded
at 44.1 khz.
There are 6 db’s of dynamic range per bit. With 16
bits, you can have a dynamic range of 96 db’s. With 24
bits you can have a dynamic range of 144 db’s. Live music
can be above 144 db’s.
Having a greater dynamic range gives your recording more punch.
When you maximize a cd, you reduce the dynamic
range.
Old analog recorders and consoles used VU meters. When recording,
you try to to hit the meter so that the sound peaked at 0VU.
This would
allow several db above 0VU for transient peaks.
In
digital recording, there is nothing above 0. When you go above 0, you
are just throwing away
that
information, and dynamic range.
The average pop and country CDs today have levels maximized
about 6 db above 0.
Most engineers are aware of it. It’s become a volume war; everyone wants their CD to be louder than everyone else’s. In the last two years, or so, the Grammy committee said they couldn't’t find any cd that sounded good enough to be awarded best engineered album. I have been guilty at times of doing the same thing, however, I am trying to be more conservative with my levels. If you want your cd to be louder, then just turn up the amplifier, that’s what the volume knob is for!
I
charge $50.00 per song for a finished Master CD and 2 copies.
I
accept checks, money orders, and Paypal payments. Usually a 2 day turnaround
on mastering.
Dave Shipley
2908 Berryhill Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204
We Analyze All Redbook CD Masters, and track the number of CD Media Errors