Barry Diament: Secrets de mastering

Vous voulez savoir pourquoi les masterings de Barry Diament sont si recherchés? Pourquoi, 25 ans après leur exécution et après de multiples remasterings utilisant la dernière technologie, les CDs qui portent son nom sont encore considérés comme les plus fidèles à un idéal sonore analogique?

Il a explicité un peu sa "recette" dans un post récent qui tendait à expliquer pourquoi sa série des Led Zeppelin des années '80 sonne différemment de Led Zeppelin IV, exécuté à la même époque par Joe Sidore.

Sometimes I used the Studer A80 and at other times, I had an MCI machine (forgot the model). While the Studer transport is wonderful, to my ears, the stock electronics --this was before the Levinson cards-- did not sound as transparent as the transformerless MCI electronics.

To my mind, aside from the tapes themselves, what made a significant contribution was the fact that I carried my own cables to work with me and used them in place of those from the output of the Studer/MCI. I'd wire direct to the 1630 (A-D converters) and listen to the output of the 1630. No console, switcher or patchbay in the signal path. To my ears, this makes all the difference in the world.

When using EQ, I'd wire direct to EQ input, then direct from EQ output to the 1630. Again, monitoring the 1630 output, with nothing else in the signal path. This has always been my approach to analog to digital transfer.

I don't know if it speaks to the original poster's question but at Warner's, Joe had more of a "regular" studio setup with standard studio cabling and a patchbay. They also had more "traditional" studio monitors and not the Dahlquists "in the middle of the room" setup I used at Atlantic and my first few years as an independent (prior to going with Maggies).

Best regards,
Barry
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Parmi les Barry Diament les plus célébrés:
tous les Led Zeppelin (sauf IV), mais surtout House of the Holy
Trick of the Tail de Genesis
Legend de Bob Marley
Close to the Edge de Yes
Back in Black de AC/DC
So Far de Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young