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Andy Simpson wrote:

Having made my last comment based on what I 'heard' via my laptop speakers, I took the clip to the workshop monitors last night to have a further listen - not to examine the weird processing, but to come to a refreshed idea of what kind of sound comes out of the average broadcast. My first impression was that you were more right than me. Actually, to me it sounded something like a mic-channel was turned on & off again (but could still have been a noise-gate opening & closing with an interpolated 'ramp'). My second impression was of incredulity that this could pass for professional recording, not only in the accidents but in the general quality. My third thought was to ask, do you find this listenable (generally speaking)?

Yes, it is what I was thinking: they had many microphones and before the blast they turn some of them on to highlight some sections or instrument but the microphones were too hot and when the blast went off it was killed by compressor, which was sitting on the whole signal. I would agree with your second and thought impression – it is bad but it is not indicative for “professional broadcasts”. Yes, it is hardly listenable.

BTW, in 2 days the very same concert will be broadcasted buy different station live-to-tape. It would be VERY interning to see what change to sound it will be. I do not know if it was the problem with recording or the problem with post-recording possessing. It was “live” but it was WCRB – he station that does a LOT with signal before sent it out. Not the last is that WCRB broad in the same band in HD – something that brings incredible amount of noise in FM band, even with very postdetection filters. It a few days it will be WGBH’s live-to-tape broadcast – it very different sonic culture and I am interested about the result.

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