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Nine Inch Nails Enter the Loudness Wars
FOR THEIR eighth studio album, Hesitation Marks, US industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails have decided to complement the standard ‘loud’ edition, with a special ‘audiophile’ version. According to the band’s
website, the idea behind releasing the ‘audiophile’ version came about from passing along each track individually to mastering engineer Tom Baker, rather than waiting for the entire album to be mixed. “We were mixing as we
went along with the production of each song, so we thought that once we had a song pretty close we would send if off to Tom Baker, our long-time mastering engineer, to give it some mastering treatment,” says Alan Moulder, who mixed Hesitation Marks.
“While doing this we
became aware of how much low bass information there was on the record. Since that can define how loud of a level the mastering can be, we were faced with a dilemma: do we keep the bass and have a significantly lower level record, or do we sacrifice the bass for a more competitive level of volume?”
Instead of choosing between a louder end product with somewhat lower quality and fidelity, and a quieter one that wouldn’t compete with other releases volume-wise, NIN opted to release two versions of the album. “I believe it was Trent’s [Reznor] idea to master the album two different ways, and to my knowledge it has never been done before,” added
Baker. “The Audiophile Mastered Version highlights the mixes as they are without compromising the dynamics and low end, and not being concerned about how ‘loud’ the album would be. The goal was to simply allow the mixes to retain the spatial relationship between instruments and the robust, grandiose sound.” Hesitation Marks was released
3 September on Columbia Records. The ‘audiophile’ version is only available to those who download the album from the band’s website,
NIN.com.
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OKNO-TV Supports IAAF World Athletics
LAST MONTH, the OKNO-TV sport and audio teams helped capture the IAAF World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. Working closely with the host broadcasters (VGTRK), the event management team, and the EBU, OKNO-TV’s specialists were tasked to quickly plan, design, supply, install, and operate the solution required to support independent programming on each of three large screen 1080/50 displays in the stadium. The solution required the supply and integration of a
Riedel communication system that would unify the HB and event management teams’ talkback. OKNO-TV was also called upon to configure and fine-tune the stadium’s audio system. As for video, on top of the HB feeds, two mobile interview cameras and one com-cam were provided by OKNO- TV to give additional unique content for the large screens. “This was the best setup I have experienced – we had a very successful visit with OKNO-Sport,” said Florian Hefferle, Chief Producer for the event presentation.
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14 September 2013
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