In Reply to: You're Partly Right posted by Inmate51 on June 17, 2015 at 07:38:55:
I wasn't trying to debate whether an independent mastering engineer adds value to the process.
I was only trying to emphasize that there are no standards to help ensure good results when the product is being developed by multiple engineers working in different places on different systems.
If frequency response and monitor level were standardized in the music industry like they are in the film industry, then in theory the mixing engineer and mastering engineer's decisions are primarily artistic. Whereas today they can be influenced by perceived differences in loudness and frequency balance that arise due to working at different levels on systems with different frequency response.
Bob Katz and Floyd Toole have articles available online that discuss the problem and solutions in more depth.
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- That wans't really my point - Dave_K 10:50:54 06/17/15 (0)