Re: [Jamin] Progress?

Hi Florian,

> Though I get your point, I still think it might confuse others
> if you place these issues side by side. The have to be clearly
> distinguished vom each other:
> 
> - Monitor _gain_ calibration, as proposed by Katz, ties a digital
> signal level to a physical sound pressure level.

> - Monitor frequency response/curve/whatever calibration, as discussed
> in detail in this thread, is intended to compensate a dissatisfying
> monitoring environment.

What ties the two together is that both techniques require the use of a 
measurement microphone at the monitoring position, so I was just 
suggesting that if you calibrate your monitors for one, you might as 
well take a response for the other, since good measurement mics are 
expensive to buy or hire.

Also, it doesn't make much sense to me to set a monitor reference level 
if room frequency response varies so much. You might end with a bunch of 
recordings that all have the same average level, but with the frequency 
balance all over the place. Bear in mind that Katz is talking about 
monitoring rooms that have already had professional acoustic treatment, 
so for him, getting subjective level consistent to avoid the arms race 
of over-compression is the last step towards audio nirvana. The rest of 
us are several steps behind :-)

Just to confuse matters further, if we take as an example the Wailers, a 
band that recorded in both back-room studios in Jamaica and 
'professional' studios in the US, I prefer the original recordings by a 
mile - even though the bass levels would be considered 'wrong' by 
engineers and there is distortion, tape bleed-through and bad edits. I 
heard the 1978 Island recording of 'Satisfy my Soul' on the radio on 
Saturday, and it sounded so poor I had to get the 1971 Lee Perry 
recording out (called Don't Rock My Boat in that version) and have a 
listen before I could calm down. So I think it's possible to create a 
recording, mix and master that is technically correct, but completely 
wrong on a subjective or emotional level.

Cheers!

Daniel



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