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Another Mastering Check for December 2017...Sugarfoot by Herb Alpert.

11/29/2017

 
I happened to run across this one from Herb Alpert.  Herb has been a source of good music for many decades and I just wanted to see how this latest one looked.  It was mastered by Vlado Meller and the numbers look like this.

LKFS or LUFS                  -9.8 dB
Clipped Samples Left    2670
Clipped Samples Right  3275
DC offset Left                +0.030%
​DC offset Right              +0.031% 
Dynamic Range              5.7 dB

The overall waveform picture looks like most others you see these days...
that is, peaks squashed in a flat line.
The EQ curve is not showing any glaring mistakes, which is good.
If you want to be picky, the bottom needs a little more 100 and a little less 125,
the midrange a few dB less from 1 to 2 kHz,
and the high end needs a few more dB from 8 to 12 kHz.
The level is not as bad as most you see these days at -9.8 dB. 
Most jobs these days are a constantly annoying -8 to even -6 dB.
There ought to be a law..at -16 dB.
The Clipped samples are an obvious major problem at almost 6,000.
The DC offset should be 0...as in 0 or 0.000%

​Here are the facts...as always, you can zoom your browser to see the details clearly.
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