By NOVA
Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:28 pm
Like I told you all over a year ago...Blue haze really doesn't know what the fukk he is talking about. I know he is a mod, and he is always trying to kick knowledge but newbies beware...he'll lead you down a path of confusion and ignorance. The gain structure on the 4K is fukked period. Feline is right. I wrote a few posts about this last year. Thank God i sold that peice of shit! A little advice...Professionals calibrate their entire system(console, convertors, monitors, outboard,tape machine) before tracking and mixing with a series of test tones. They also calibrate the spl level at the mixing position. Not some of the pro's...all of them. Well, the big name guys will have their assistant do it for them before they arrive. I know that its ultimately about what your ears hear in terms of tracking and mixing, but if your system is calibrated incorrectly or perhaps not calibrated at all, then your monitors are lying to your ears and you can't make proper decisions. I was a member of this forum long before Haze, I'm probably old enough to be the father of most of you, and I'm not bullshitting. Call your favorite studio(not your buddys basement setup), in New York, L.A. wherever. Ask them about test tones and proper calibration and ignore all advice from Blue Haze. Professionals do not ignore the little details! I think that Blue Haze has quoted Bob Katz on occassion...Well, Bob calibrates his convertors so that 0vu=+4db=-20dbfs. Yes thats right -20dbfs. This is how it is done (the standard) in the broadcast environment as well. Others calibrate to -18dbfs(michael Brauer) and many of the current crop of professional level convertors ship with -16dbfs as a standard reference level. Stop trying to max out the headroom on your convertors by tracking close to 0dbfs. Your killing yourself before you even get started. So, there it is for all of you...BUT, don't take my word for it...call one of the major studios and ask questions, ask for help, but stay away from Haze...
Some people Hate. Just to play on the net to rep. Opinions are like assholes everyone got one. Post up facts and get your info right that is all.