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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtlhead" data-source="post: 3102716" data-attributes="member: 568297">Yea, most producers rely on compressors now...and that "breathing" sound annoys the piss out of me when i hear it.  You really need a good mastering engineer, otherwise they'll destroy a GREAT mix.  I understand that compressors are needed to get the volume up to a reasonable level..but when it starts to effect the quality of the mix, thats when you know you have a bad mastering engineer.Vinyl has a dynamic range of 64dB, whereas CDs are 96dB, but when you get digital distortion, it adds odd order harmonics, which gives you that nasty sound, as opposed to the analog (with tubes) distortion where it just gives that extra "bite" which a lot of people want</blockquote>

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