re: [microsound] usefulness of compressors/mastering in experimental

[stephan mathieu <sssst@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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i'm personally leaving the digital domain behind me more and more.
so instead of buying a newer/faster computer i'm using the cheapest mac i could find 2 years ago and invested my bucks in some vintage analog hardware. to record my basic sounds (thats mainly acoustic instruments) i'm using a pair of neumann KM184 mikes or a borrowed M149 tube plugged into a studer 169 console or straight into DAT. the only signal modifications i'm doing is made with the studers EQ section, sometimes i'm also using a nagra IV-2S for tape saturation. once i've finished a piece i'll give it to henner dondorf who will do the final mastering with an all-analog setup.

i've recently made some (re-)masterings for other people using the mixing board/reel2reel setup discribed above (ie. john hudaks 'room with sky') but i dont like the idea of mastering my own things because at a certain point i'll definetely loose objectivity.
also i love to colour my still more or less digital beasts with vintage analog equipment and henner is a true master at this (drop me a line offlist at mathieu(at)bitsteam.de if you want to get in touch with him).

 - stephan

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