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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by laurend » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:16 am

knobgoblin wrote:Followed by a quick punch to the clients face, just for good measure
Most professionals will simply ask for a PCM version of the file.
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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by knobgoblin » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:07 pm

laurend wrote:
knobgoblin wrote:Followed by a quick punch to the clients face, just for good measure
Most professionals will simply ask for a PCM version of the file.
Obviously I'm being facetious. :roll:

I'm just illustrating the point that anything other than full resolution files is unacceptable from a professional point of view

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by nowaysj » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:25 pm

Don't fall for it, Laurend is a bit trolly.
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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by knobgoblin » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:36 pm

Ah, thanks nowaysj. I don't hang here much anymore and don't know the cast of characters, but I'm glad you're on trollwatch

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by nowaysj » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:41 pm

Am always on troll watch. Fwiw, I think much of it is language barrier. I'm hoping that at least.

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by Sonika » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:48 pm

Because MP3 isn't the pure audio file
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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by knobgoblin » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:51 pm

BTW nowaysj, has your MiniBrute arrived yet? Whatcha think?

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by nowaysj » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:54 pm

Mid next week. Maybe tuesday!
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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by Sonika » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:54 pm

outbound wrote:Quite simply put, you use WAV for mastering because it is one bad ass audio format. Yes you could use other audio formats but that would make WAV angry and you don't wanna make WAV angry now do ya? :o


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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by knobgoblin » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:59 pm

Sweet, I really need to try one out. Lemme know what you think when it arrives!

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by nowaysj » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:01 pm

I will. If you're still in the Bay, you're welcome to try it out down here. I'd be happy to visit you as well if you're still about. I'm sure I wouldn't mind fiddling a few of your knobs, no homo.
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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by Sonika » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:07 pm

DONT DO IT KNOBGOBLIN

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

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Re: Why WAV mastering?

Post by safeandsound » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:47 pm

Many OS have easy ways of seeing information in .wavs relative to .aiff (open in QT or iTunes is a drag) The AIFF file has identical quality but many people like .bwf "Broadcast wav" as well. It is a good standard as well as being high resolution.

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