Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth

Jitters · Post by **Jitters** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:48 am

What's this volume knob you speak of? I think you're full of it. If such technology really exists why don't mastering engineers know about it?

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:32 am

Jitters wrote:What's this volume knob you speak of? I think you're full of it. If such technology really exists why don't mastering engineers know about it?

I never mentioned a knob.

Jitters · Post by **Jitters** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:16 pm

Ok Mr Buzz kill.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:16 pm

Jitters wrote:If such technology really exists why don't mastering engineers know about it?

don't make me angry.

so far all i've heard of this is the tattoo one (meh) and stay frosty, which sounds completely ridiculous on the radio. it does seem to have that hyperlimited buzziness about it. snarl, how did making an mp3 make it any better? that should almost invariably make it more distorted.

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:50 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:snarl, how did making an mp3 make it any better? that should almost invariably make it more distorted.

It is counterintuitive. I was trying to play the cd on my computer. That computer in particular feels like it has software gain staging issues, if you know what I mean. Sometimes things just sound distorted and others don't. The CD player has distorted on other CD's, but mp3's always sound fine. Because it's fucked up on other CD's I didn't think much of it until I had to turn the volume down (yes, I did use a knob) on my main computer. I don't really know how to explain it for sure though.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:17 pm

It may be, young jedi, that you have a magic knob.

vxboogie · Post by **vxboogie** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:13 am

vvv wrote:It may be, young jedi, that you have a magic knob.

He said "magic knob"!!!

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:40 am

Magic Knob sounds like a Van Halen song title.

Bro Shark · Post by **Bro Shark** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:48 am

This record sounds like a boombox on '10' with a pillow over the speakers.

The classic VH records were absolutely thunderous. Ed's guitar into all that reverb... headroom galore. They were truly a band shaking the heavens.

Now they are crammed into a tiny, fizzy box fighting for air.

Shame what has become of big-label music production in the 21st century. At least in their heyday they were selling top quality product.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:12 am

Bro Shark wrote:This record sounds like a boombox on '10' with a pillow over the speakers.

The classic VH records were absolutely thunderous. Ed's guitar into all that reverb... headroom galore. They were truly a band shaking the heavens.

Now they are crammed into a tiny, fizzy box fighting for air.

Shame what has become of big-label music production in the 21st century. At least in their heyday they were selling top quality product.

Amen.

Jitters · Post by **Jitters** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:06 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:
don't make me angry.

If you think that was bad just wait until you hear the track I'm about to send you.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:42 pm

Now you have to post it for the rest of us!

Jitters · Post by **Jitters** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:44 am

I already did, but I hid it somewhere that very few will ever find it - the 'Listen To My Stuff' board...

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:19 am

Ha! Tell me ...

Bro Shark · Post by **Bro Shark** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:27 am

It is a surprisingly "fun" ride musically. I still get a big smile when the rhythm guitar drops out and Ed launches into a solo... I could pretty much hear that for the rest of my life. Songs aren't all that memorable, and a lot of them cover the same ground. But overall I'm pleasantly surprised, and a little impressed that they went in a decidedly un-modern direction, musically. It really does harken back to those old days. It is the most hard rocking VH since... well, since 1984.

They should have gone with the old headroomy sound, and dropped a couple songs. But otherwise, this shits all over Van Hagar so fuck yeah to that.

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