Re: Ozzy Osbourne "Scream"
It goes back years before Death Magnetic Flip, the "Remasters" of old classic albums rushed to CD years ago has split the audiophile community. When done properly they are a definite improvement, Panorama by the Cars is far better remastered than the original CD version. Some others have totally undone the balance of the original recording and made them sound just weird if you know how the vinyl or first digital copy sounded.
Death Magnetic was definitely not popular with many people, it was another CD that one of the "Legends" I know on another board remastered himself using his professional software, he was that disgusted with the original offering.
I have a simple approach,,,listen to Fleetwood Mac's white album, and just use that as your template, considering it was recorded in 1975 and is still among the best recordings in a technical sense all these years later. And you can record a band like Metallica, preserve the Essence of their sound and give us a quality album without any trouble. I have a long standing grievance with sloppy engineers/producers over the years I've been collecting music.
What you're referring to is widely known as 'The Loudness War' - it's easily google-able. When Metallica released Death Magnetic it was widely recognized as the prime example of what not to do production wise....
It goes back years before Death Magnetic Flip, the "Remasters" of old classic albums rushed to CD years ago has split the audiophile community. When done properly they are a definite improvement, Panorama by the Cars is far better remastered than the original CD version. Some others have totally undone the balance of the original recording and made them sound just weird if you know how the vinyl or first digital copy sounded.
Death Magnetic was definitely not popular with many people, it was another CD that one of the "Legends" I know on another board remastered himself using his professional software, he was that disgusted with the original offering.
I have a simple approach,,,listen to Fleetwood Mac's white album, and just use that as your template, considering it was recorded in 1975 and is still among the best recordings in a technical sense all these years later. And you can record a band like Metallica, preserve the Essence of their sound and give us a quality album without any trouble. I have a long standing grievance with sloppy engineers/producers over the years I've been collecting music.