Best Tot Album Production [renewed]

GoldhamsterOfDeath

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Sunday, April 23rd 2006, 10:18pm

Weird. What does it say?

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mars2000you

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Sunday, April 23rd 2006, 10:53pm

I guess that soulburner and Slayernator don't have understood that you had resetted the votes ... :o

In other words, they can now vote again as their first vote has disappeared in a black hole !

Benoît
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soulburner

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Sunday, April 23rd 2006, 11:54pm

We understood, mars

Hamster - when I enter this topic, I see the poll's results and "You have already voted in this poll" below them. There are no votes on Assembly, so I did not vote here

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Aégis Aenslaed

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Monday, April 24th 2006, 7:08pm

What a pitty, we cannot vote on this one because we already voted in the other

PS: But in time I have changed my mind to reach the conclusion that the best production of the band is Assembly for me right now

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mars2000you

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Monday, April 24th 2006, 7:50pm

Ehmm ... it looks like a problem with the database ... I guess that the only good solution should be to create a totally new poll.

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GoldhamsterOfDeath

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Monday, April 24th 2006, 9:07pm

Now it should work again.

Please, once more:

This poll is not "Which album is your favourite"!!

It is about the way the CDs were produced and mixed.
You should ask yourself:
How is the sound quality?
Are the guitars and the basslines muddy or are they crisp and clear?
Do the drums sound like a bucket?
Is there just enough or too much keyboard?
Are the voices wrecked by too many effects or squeaky or too much in the foreground or are they nice and clean?
Can you distinguish all the instruments from each other?
Is it basically too loud or just right?
Is there a nice stereo effect or did they mash everything up in the center?
Does it sound professionally mixed or rather like a demo tape?
Are there disturbing side noises like hissing or humming sounds?
etc.
And then vote!

So it might happen that you vote for the album you actually don't like best, but you found out that the mastering has been well done! On the other hand you might have found out that your favourite could be even better if the guy behind the mixing table hadn't messed it all up.

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soulburner

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Monday, April 24th 2006, 11:02pm

It works now

And 3 votes go to Assembly - it really has the best production, though "Aegis" is also very easy to the ear thanks to a more silent and dynamic mix.

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Nymphetamine Girl

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Tuesday, April 25th 2006, 2:14pm

Always Velvet Darkness They Fear ...

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rodrigotragedy

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Friday, April 28th 2006, 11:05pm

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Always Velvet Darkness They Fear ...

I too Think this
but the first is great
kisses

...nothing...

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Mr.Plastic

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Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 1:51pm

In my opinion the best album prodution is "Assembly" I think that voices of Liv and Raymon sounds very clear and soft. Level of guitar loudness is ideal for me and electronic sonuds co-play with alive instruments excellently. Tone is miscellaneous but at the same time simple. Production of Assembly is for me most professional.

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Fox Mulder

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Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 2:27pm

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Storm has the weakest production of all, unfortunately I love the album, but the sound quality is driving me nuts...

Indeed it's a real shame: the drums seem to have been recorded into a box or something... :confused:

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killer_shoe

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Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 5:00pm

I love storm's sound, I just think the quality is amazing. And vocals are greatly recorded, what equipment was used?

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soulburner

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Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 5:07pm

Killer Shoe, I recommend reading this post http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/board/inde...89&#entry138889 and digging a bit deepr to the topic. This is a very nice article about it (you don't have to be a sound engineer to understand it): http://www.barrydiamentaudio.com/loudness.htm

Although the production is weak on Storm, it's not as weak as some other recent albums, but it still is weak

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rodrigotragedy

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Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 8:14pm

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In my opinion the best album prodution is "Assembly" I think that voices of Liv and Raymon sounds very clear and soft. Level of guitar loudness is ideal for me and electronic sonuds co-play with alive instruments excellently. Tone is miscellaneous but at the same time simple. Production of Assembly is for me most professional.

I also love a lot it
with me there many doubts
I prefer all
:huh:

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killer_shoe

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Thursday, May 4th 2006, 8:21pm

thanks for that soulburner it's greatly appreciated. I kinda need to learn more about this stuff since I'm applying for a music technology a-level for college. Which I'm excited about. And a performance music one, which I need to quit smoking for

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soulburner

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Friday, May 5th 2006, 3:49pm

killer_shoe - as soon as you start working as a music producer, make sure the final mix and master are not LOUD AS HELL

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killer_shoe

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Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 4:54pm

Thanks for that soul burner I'll bear that in mind

Anyhoo I love the sound on the voices track I just think it's awesome

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Cyan

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Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 2:21pm

I love albums with rosses, but the best for me is Velvet darkness they fear. Musique i like-it's very interesting. But i hate Assembly- it's music like disco. I thought that after that TOT can't record worst album- but i was wrong

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soulburner

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Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 2:27pm

Cyan, this topic isn't about which albums you like. It's about production quality of these albums, for example - do you think drums on "Musique" are loud enough, do you hear pops and clicks, is the stereo separation okay, can you hear high tones etc.
You could even say you love Assembly's production, even though you hate the songs

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