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Is it just my imagination

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or...is the technical quality of cd's getting lame?? I notice that some of the music that our music director is putting on the air sounds like ass! Mostly the high end sounds like it's under water or something.

Anyone else notice this??

Zach Morton
Chief Engineer
Legend Communications Of Wy, LLC.
Gillette, Wyoming
(307) 686-2242<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Zach Morton on 03/24/06 08:34 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> or...is the technical quality of cd's getting lame?? I
> notice that some of the music that our music director is
> putting on the air sounds like ass! Mostly the high end
> sounds like it's under water or something.
>
> Anyone else notice this??
>
> Zach Morton
> Chief Engineer
> Legend Communications Of Wy, LLC.
> Gillette, Wyoming
> (307) 686-2242
>

Worked at a station where we had the same problem. It was a combination of things that was effecting the sound. 1. Was the PD was using MP3s instead of audio straight from the CD. 2. We had an issue with KHZ rate, they were different and 3. He was using a program to convert MP3 files to MP2 and then dumping them straight into the system. If you took the same CD and just listened to it, you'll notice that the sound quality should be fine.
 
Actually took the cd into the studio, and it was the same quality as the dubbed recording.
> >
>
> Worked at a station where we had the same problem. It was a
> combination of things that was effecting the sound. 1. Was
> the PD was using MP3s instead of audio straight from the CD.
> 2. We had an issue with KHZ rate, they were different and 3.
> He was using a program to convert MP3 files to MP2 and then
> dumping them straight into the system. If you took the same
> CD and just listened to it, you'll notice that the sound
> quality should be fine.
>
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Legend Communications Of Wyoming, LLC.
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> or...is the technical quality of cd's getting lame?? I
> notice that some of the music that our music director is
> putting on the air sounds like ass! Mostly the high end
> sounds like it's under water or something.
>
> Anyone else notice this??

Almost all of today's CDs are horribly over-processed with excessive limiting and clipping. Many sound squashed and distorted, and when you add the extra layer of audio processing that radio stations use, it only gets worse -- sometimes MUCH worse. Keith Urban's self-titled CD from 1999 is a good example. It's horribly squashed and clipped on the CD, and when you play it on the air, it usually sounds grungy and distorted.

And this is not only affecting new CDs, but also "Digitally Remastered" re-releases of old albums, which usually have extreme amounts of compression and EQ added to make them sound just as loud and bright as today's CDs. Needless to say, I always try to find original CD releases from the 1980s, because they have the least amount of extra audio processing added and generally sound the best. In some cases the original vinyl LP actually sounds the best by far, compared to any CD re-releases!
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