Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:14 pm
A friend lent this to me. I haven't heard ANY other CD by Traffic, but after a couple of good listens, I have a feeling it's got some upper frequency boosts. I think part of it has to be the way it was engineered, but going by Steve Hoffman's methods of listening and mastering - listen to the voice, tonality of instruments in real life, etc. - it sounds a bit hard, strident, and has a whole lot of "air" on top.
The mastering engineer is Tom Ruff, and it sounds like the same problem all recent Universal-MCA-Island-Interscope remasters have, many of which are done by Labson and Reeves.
Not so bad on the first track, "Paper Sun," which sounds like a lo-fi recording, but listen to "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Feelin' Alright" and use CoolEdit to tone down the 6k, 10k, 16k regions.
The mastering engineer is Tom Ruff, and it sounds like the same problem all recent Universal-MCA-Island-Interscope remasters have, many of which are done by Labson and Reeves.
Not so bad on the first track, "Paper Sun," which sounds like a lo-fi recording, but listen to "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Feelin' Alright" and use CoolEdit to tone down the 6k, 10k, 16k regions.