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October 2019 Herb Alpert 'Over The Rainbow'

10/1/2019

 
This month we will look at a new release from Herb Alpert.  Over The Rainbow is the title of the album and we will look at the title song.  The song arrangement and playing is what you would expect from Herb Alpert, excellent in every way.  This album is interesting from a mastering standpoint as well.  If you look at the picture of the waveform, you will notice that the waveform is exactly as it should look, with no squashing of peaks.  This is extremely rare in today's world, as any perusal of the past blog entries on this site will verify.  Here are the numbers.

LKFS/LUFS                       -13.3 dB
Clipped Samples Left          0
Clipped Samples Right        0
DC Offset                       -0.001%, -0.004%
Dynamic Range               12.2 dB
RMS Level Left              -13.13 dB
RMS Level Right            -13.70 dB

No clipped samples...how often do we see that?!!
DC offset is not perfect, but is close to perfect.
Dynamic range is excellent, and the RMS difference left to right is only .57 dB.
This shows us that responsible mastering is still alive in 2019.
The mastering engineer should be applauded.
Bernie Grundman is the mastering engineer and he has been doing a superb job
for decades.  Most of the mastering work that came through my desk at BMG
was from Bernie Grundman, and it is good to see that he has not succumbed to the pressure to ruin masters in today's music world. 
Again, look at the waveform for a picture of what a waveform for a song should look like.
Picture

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