An interesting discussion concerning TMU

[gorilla]

How do you engineer an album that takes on an entirely different depth under certain circumstances.

This creative process intrigues me. Is it engineered as such? What drives this result?

[b i o n i c]

takes on an entirely different depth under certain circumstances.

played on a stereo vs. live?

[Kid Presentable]

You mean headphones vs stereo speakers of varying quality? Otherwise, I'm out.

[gorilla]

As in what if the album was meant to be shipped with rolling papers.

[b i o n i c]

the ambient, echoey feel to a lot of the songs go well with papers. some of the repetitiveness that i wasnt a real fan of plays well with papers on second and third listen. i would think that the only way to achieve this outcome would be to engineer it in that same 'mindset'

[milkboy009]

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[Brother McDuff]

i'm a recording engineer, though i don't really understand the question.

on a sidenote, though, i was surprised to see in the credits that the album was recorded by "beastie boys & jon weiner". when i first heard the album the mixes were really foreign sounding to me. the really loud bass, the ambience on the drums, etc. it made sense when i found out the bboys had a hand in the engineering. i like the slick rawness of the sounds.

[alikat]

ok, about that loud bass thing, a question for you recording gurus:

the bass sounds WAY WAY louder in my car -- even with the bass turned way down -- than it does in my home stereo with the EQ flat.

seriously, in the car we thought maybe yauch was maybe having a diva crisis! but back home it felt fine. still more prominent than most bass lines if you listen for it, but hardly over-bearing.

wondering if anyone else has noticed this, like if maybe this album was mastered different from most or something, causing such a variety between stereos . . . i don't even really know what to ask . . . :o

[Randetica]

interesting? oh yes indeed

[Kid Presentable]

As in what if the album was meant to be shipped with rolling papers.

As in, how do you make a record sound irie? I love the whole thing when I'm blitzed. I drop all my pretenses and nerdlinger "i'm a beastie boys fan, glayven..... it's sachelle........ glayven.....*snort*....i believe it's 'america's most mackin'....glayven...." shit and just fucking enjoy the music. Captain and Tenille as well.

[Pootytang]

As in what if the album was meant to be shipped with rolling papers.

Mine did.