Neethane En Ponvasantham | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

[SoftSword]

ss, not sure what you intended here, but idhula enakku lighta idikkudhu (nahandhu pOlaam, irundhaalum summa, for the record).
For just that 1min sainthu sainthu teaser almost everybody here have vented their frustration and expressed their dislike. It’s unlikely that all these people will suddenly flip and say they are good when the full songs are out. It eventually is the person’s taste and, in this case, the ability to withstand certain things. I, for one, liked sainthu the very first time I heard it and I can guarantee it’s just not my Raaja piththu behind this. I don’t consider ysr to be a good singer, no; but in my books, I’d take his singing over many of the other new singers. I find it difficult sitting through songs sung by Krish, Aalaap Raju, Himmesh Reshamiya – I simply can’t stand their singing. Yes, we’re scratching the paathram, but ysr is better than these guys, IMO. Hell, I even have a ‘voice of ysr’ playlist in my player (with 10songs maybe – pattiyal, katradhu thamizh, thaakudhe kan thaakudhe, idhu kaadhala mudhal kaadhala). I think I’ve grown some kinda think skin to sidestep his voice and enjoy these songs (naangellaam growling’ye ‘part of music’ nu oththukittavanga )

To cut the long story short – people who can withstand, or even ‘like’ his singing will probably lap up the NEPV songs sung by ysr. The others here will mostly still crib about IR’s choice of vocalist but possibly enjoy the music, palla kadichukittu.

KV, enakku YSR'oda constipated voice avlovaa pudikkadhu dhaan...
but idhu kaadhalaa, poi solla etc are my favorites... becos, the voice suited those kinda songs/situations...
adhae adippadaila dhaan idhayum sonnen... the music, orchestration and situation will make it sound better than what we are afraid of now...

'unlikely that all these people will suddenly flip and say they are good when the full songs are out' - i did not mean this... i only said "i am sure ppl here are gonna say its not bad"
good & not bad - ungalukku theriyaadha englees illai...

[KV]

rightu. aana going by the reactions so far, 'not bad' kooda varadhu kashtam'ngren!
namma makkal eppavume ek maar dho thukda thaan. poruththu irundhu paappom. peace peace.

[raja_fan]

Vasantham ellaam poi Winter vandhurum polirukku...
aanaa gowtham's vasantham not in sight...
I think this man puts his fingers in too many things at a time and not able to manage.

[Shank]

Suresh65, Mastering is a seperate process (and skill) from recording and mixing. Mastering is what gives the warmth and tonal quality to the music. The reason why mastering is kept seperate from recording and mixing is that the gear required is usually different. Also, people specialize in mastering as they do for R&M. So, a sound engineer has a completely different outlook and method compared to a mastering engineer. Here, the skill of a mastering engineer is very important since that is how your music is going to sound in the final version/CD. In terms of what they do in mastering, the source material, which has been mixed, is processed using equalization, compression, limiting, noise reduction etc. The engineer will also do editing, pre-gapping, leveling, fading in and out, noise reduction, track sequencing and other sound restoration and enhancement processes. The other interesting aspect is that the top mastering engineers still use analog sound processing rather than digital since analog gives richer, warmer sound. Of course, post mastering, it is stored in digital media but the processing itself is analog.

[Gregorysab]

NEPV twitter handle: "We are planning to have a Very Eventful Audio Release for #Nepmovie,and hence the delay in announcing the same !!!"

[Gregorysab]

The other interesting aspect is that the top mastering engineers still use analog sound processing rather than digital since analog gives richer, warmer sound. Of course, post mastering, it is stored in digital media but the processing itself is analog.

This is very interesting. I didnt know this.

[San_K]

wov analog

[app_engine]

wov analog

Shank has mentioned that "the top mastering engineers"

Means the really top / expensive / world class ones and not that every other mastering engineer continues with analog. Most would have switched to digital mastering because of simplicity / inexpensiveness / easy availability etc.

Top quality analog equipments are typically extremely expensive, sensitive, need careful maintenance IMHO. (This is based on the experience with telephone acoustic testing equipments from Bruel & Kjaer)

Also, needs real passion to work with them (YGM in SKV : "poNdAtti sondhakkAr mAthiri")

[Sureshs65]

Shank,

Thanks for the explanation. Honestly I got the gist of what you were saying but don't have an idea of the various technical terms you used. I guess someone like irir123 will understand it better.

[kiru]

Shank has mentioned that "the top mastering engineers"

Means the really top / expensive / world class ones and not that every other mastering engineer continues with analog. Most would have switched to digital mastering because of simplicity / inexpensiveness / easy availability etc.

Top quality analog equipments are typically extremely expensive, sensitive, need careful maintenance IMHO. (This is based on the experience with telephone acoustic testing equipments from Bruel & Kjaer)

Also, needs real passion to work with them (YGM in SKV : "poNdAtti sondhakkAr mAthiri")

Correct, even for playback at home analog sounds good. But it would cost more and the source (LPs/records) should be of pristine quality. I have a LP playback system, including a vacuum cleaner for the records. But it is currently unused as my kids broke the stylus (replacement cost - $300 !!). Geethanjali, aruvadai naal, thani kaatu raaja also sound better than CDs but you have to put up with some 'pops and clicks' as my LPs came from out-of-business "stereo shops" from our place.
(BTW - @Shank - Thanks for giving the color to the mastering process)