Talk:Remaster

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[edit] POV

Somebody should probably redo this. The style doesn't really work.

It's also really, really NPOV. I don't know nearly enough about the subject to rewrite the article, but the tone of the article is pervasively negative towards those selling remastered editions of things. Hold on, let me find where that "neutrality disputed" boilerplate it... — Adam Conover † 07:26, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Actually, this is written by someone who knows A LOT about recording techniques. It is FACT that "remastering" is often just a buzzword! The "loudness war" is WELL DOCUMENTED on the internet, en many famous and respected mastering engineers, like Bob Katz, have commented on this. The author really goes into detail about why remasters CAN be better than previous digital releases (e.g. the use of first or second generation original analogue masters). In the early days, often the signal to noise ratio of the CD wasn't used to the full (that is, not loud enough) Nowadays, CD's are TOO loud, and suffer from exaggerated dynamic compression, this is called the "loudness war", and is a known topic of concern for record producers, sound engineers and mastering engineers.

the "tone" of the article can be disputed, but in fact is a balanced, generally well-informed and neutral article on remastering, showing both the enormous possibilities of improvement, and the on the other hand the "buzzword" aspect, and the fact that some remasters are not an improvement at all, becasue of the loss of dynamic range. User:193.191.138.240

Please don't delete others' words on the Talk page. Debate their points but retain their writing. Binksternet (talk) 14:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] confusing jargon sections

which also aided unimpressive digital transfers marked by dropouts, underutilization of SNR, et cetera. . This could benefit from some wikilinks.

and Reediting, resequencing, restoring, Jon Dowland 16:38, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I certainly feel that there is some POV in this article. The last section explains how the contributor feels about digital remastering, and why they think that it is bad. However, that is just giving us the impression that it is bad, which is inappropriate for Wikipedia. I suggest that somebody rewrite this to explain the arguments against and in favor of digital remastering or just delete the section altogether. Oklonia 00:31, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I know this page will have to change eventually to be encyclopedia appropriate but for now it is the most informative and readable article on wikipedia despite (beacause of?) the pov--207.180.186.62 (talk) 06:48, 30 November 2007 (UTC)