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Critical Listening…

Today - while 97% of the people of the rheinarea are totally drunken and stroll singing and dancing through the streets - i have a listening session of some of my not-yet-finished-songs at a friends mastering studio…

Steffen Müller´s room has near perfect acoustics and shows unmercifully what is still missing concering the mix and production… but the songs are MUCH better sounding than the ones of THIRTEEN STORIES three years ago… i am quite happy with the raw material right now :)

And although we discussed a lot of things that i still have to do, i can feel that the end product will be…. GREAT… :)

That´s Steffen Müller forced to listen to the raw material….

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15 Responses to “Critical Listening…”

  1. Wojtek Says:
    07. February 2013 at 21:21

    nice color ;D

  2. chr Says:
    07. February 2013 at 21:49

    only one chair

  3. Ptr Says:
    07. February 2013 at 22:06

    Concerning “forced to listen to raw material”: I would volunteer! :-)

  4. Adam M. Says:
    07. February 2013 at 23:15

    What is the type / name of the speakers and the sub?
    Wow… :D

  5. Fabian Says:
    08. February 2013 at 00:54

    Is that microwave Prince? What does he master beneath Your tracks?

  6. Rolf Says:
    08. February 2013 at 09:16

    @chr: yes, one of us was standing all the time… there is only ONE perfect listening spot there :)

    @adam: B&W Nautilus 802 (i think, ill ask next time to be sure)

    @fabiab: yes he is… he masters a lot of club music and hip hop stuff… if you are interested simply ask him :)

    http://www.steffenmuellermastering.com/

  7. Julian Says:
    08. February 2013 at 09:57

    Fabian, you can find out more here: http://www.steffenmuellermastering.com

  8. Steff Says:
    08. February 2013 at 11:38

    @adam: thats B&W Nautilus 802 and 2 12″ Custom Rythmikaudio Direct Servo Subs

    @chr: yeah, one chair…there can be only one captain on the bridge :-D …but there is a couch in the back

    http://www.steffenmuellermastering.com/studio-pictures-2/

  9. Rolf Says:
    08. February 2013 at 19:10

    Give Steffen Microwave-Prince-DIY-gallery-Müller a warm welcome! :)
    (if you like audio gear, have a look onto his DIY gallery… link?)

  10. Julian Says:
    09. February 2013 at 08:06

    here it is :-)
    http://www.diygallery.de/gallery/index.html

  11. Adam M. Says:
    09. February 2013 at 20:00

    Thank You Steff!

  12. Goki Says:
    01. March 2013 at 14:20

    Rolf, please do a proper mastering like people used to do 20 years ago without extensive sound compression. Most people who buy your music do not really care for loudness and they are not played on radio anyway so they do not need to sound like wall of sound. Thirteen Nights is beautiful and is not too much compressed but I believe that without any compression it would be an outstanding piece of art. Make this record sound as records used to sound. You are still one of few artists who make me happy to listen to.

  13. Goki Says:
    01. March 2013 at 14:21

    EDIT to my previous post: I meant Thirteen Stories not Thirteen Nights anyway.

  14. raver3002 Says:
    03. March 2013 at 22:10

    Couldn’t agree more with Goki. Against loudness war and for high fidelity! BTW: in my opinion, the mastering for Thirteen Stories was definitly better than for Thirteen Nights.

  15. Rolf Says:
    04. March 2013 at 16:16

    I am on your side… we will condense the sound, as far as it helps the energy of the song, but we will not crush the transients to just get a “loud” master… to my ears those uberloud “masters” are simply NOT meant to be listened at a higher volume… these just make me pull the volume DOWN…

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