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Much like "Didn't We Almost Have It All", my CD (the parent album) contains digital crackling throughout much of the song (especially after it gets loud near the 1 minute point, though it's not overly compressed like most music today). Could there be a single release of this that doesn't have the crackle? Aaron, what's your take on all this? Can anyone hear the noises in headphones? You'd think a big record like this would have been recorded without such problematic noise. And it ultimately became a #1 hit.
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Gordon, I have this from a radio promo compilation (PrimeCuts), and it also has the crackle you mention. Until you pointed it out, I never paid much attention to it. I guess I've just become used to all of today's music being over-modulated, so severe distortion usually doesn't come as a surprise (sadly).
One of the most annoying examples on a recent song is "I Love It" by Icona Pop, where they not only brickwalled the song but also intentionally distorted the vocals. At first, I thought it was distorted from bad mastering, but after giving it a more careful listen, I can tell that the distortion was added as an "effect."
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Just gave my copy (a download from newmusicserver.com) a
listen, and noticed the same thing there...hadn't paid any
attention to it before. I know back in the 90s a lot of
artists would add fake tics & pops to their songs (and in
one instance fake cueburn)...maybe that was the deal here.
I've gotten so used to poor-quality audio on current
music, it doesn't really stand out anymore.
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Yeah, I hadn't noticed it until yesterday - when I was mastering and then listening on headphones. What's interesting is that this is one of the least compressed recordings of the past few years. It's not nearly as crunched to the max as most of today's recordings are - that's why I was so surprised to hear the distortion on this. I don't think it was intentionally added to the recording. Maybe the vocals (or other instruments) were recorded in the red zone unintentionally.
Edited by EdisonLite on 26 August 2013 at 9:47am
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Hykker wrote:
I know back in the 90s a lot of
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Yep... The practice of adding "vinyl artifacts" to a mix was especially common on R&B songs back then.
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