^^Plenty of in your face raw bands way before Nirvana and they didn't need the 'loudness' ramped up in the studio when they recorded, we managed just fine after we got the records.
There is no reason and never will be to brickwall a CD...it's the most brain dead thing I can ever imagine any engineer doing intentionally. Good lord you should never hit the ceiling at 2 on your volume control, you should be able to hit 6-7 comfortably. A magical thing happens with a nice analog recording when you increase the power, it opens up the soundstage without distorting the individual instruments.
All these new producers should be ashamed at the havoc they're wrought upon the musical landscape, all so the default level on your damned portables is set at a high level.
Idiots.
There is no reason and never will be to brickwall a CD...it's the most brain dead thing I can ever imagine any engineer doing intentionally. Good lord you should never hit the ceiling at 2 on your volume control, you should be able to hit 6-7 comfortably. A magical thing happens with a nice analog recording when you increase the power, it opens up the soundstage without distorting the individual instruments.
All these new producers should be ashamed at the havoc they're wrought upon the musical landscape, all so the default level on your damned portables is set at a high level.
Idiots.
