[David Maroul]

Wow Lexus!!! 🔥🔥🔥 So Dope to hear it inside the ad!!! Huge Congrats!!!

[David Maroul]

Groovy Vibes! All the best with the landing of the gig. 🌞

[David Maroul]

These recordings are pure gold. I forgot how much I love hearing you talk about audio, Dana. The topics of discussion, questions, answers, suggestions were all great. Even learned about a tool, RX, that I already have but have never used. Immediately stopped the video and hooked it up and was blown away. Always something new to learn. Thanks a million to everyone and especially you Dana for being so generous with your knowledge. Happy Holidays!

[David Maroul]

Love This!

[David Maroul]

Hey Jesse, I love this final mix and everything about this track. I dig how it has it’s own vibe and personality. It sounds familiar and yet unique at the same time (like the very best of great tracks do). Really great. The mix itself works in all aspects to my ears. Very nice. Cool vid as well.

[David Maroul]

I just finished watching the zoom call replay. If you haven’t watched it I highly encourage you to do so. So much great information. Seriously.

Dana, I’m glad you broke it down in a comment but I want to add (though I feel like I’m typically not much of a group person) I felt unusually comfortable & at home watching all of you interact like a family. So real & authentic, with everyone sharing freely and knowledgeably. Really fun to watch and learn from.

I am honored and humbled to share this space with all of you.

Thanks for this hour of wonderful content. 🙏

Charissa, Happy Mothers Day~

@dana

@Dalliance

@JLEW

@-PT

@CMN

@smoothygroove

👽

[David Maroul]

🙏 You’re the badass Dana! Loved this assessment. I wish I had your (and Kevin’s) ears and the ability to translate what I am hearing (or want to hear) into my own recordings.

If you have the opportunity it would be amazing to hear a breakdown of “The Less I Know The Better” &/or “It Might Be Time” in regards to more detailed technical application in achieving these mind-blowing Kevin Parker sounds.

I really lack the proper vocabulary but I feel like there is a kind of vacuum (dry & crisp) sounding effect combined with a pumping that draws me in sonically. Then obviously contrasted with his ambient & spacy vocals. To me, it translates physically in his grooves & etherically in the soundscape. 👽

Love your playlist and hearing about your method for recreating certain period vibes.

Many thanks brother! You rock!

[David Maroul]

Love the sounds & vibe. Def captured my ear wanting to hear more. Expressive is a word that comes to mind.

[David Maroul]

Dig this! Sounds great first listen. Very catchy. Nice!

[David Maroul]

@Dana 😀🔥🙏

[David Maroul]

I LOVED reading this! I too obsess over this kind of stuff and for better or worse craft my own tracks mixing while mastering. This is only for my own self-released projects so I am free to experiment & screw up what ever I like with no reservations or concerns about what happens further down the chain. The “slippery faders” anecdote brought me joy to hear of this being employed by You. Great inquiry by Jesse as well.

[David Maroul]

Dope!!! Congrats!!! 🙌

[David Maroul]

😆 Thanks Stuart! I will def try to make it to the next one.

[David Maroul]

Thanks Dana, for all this great information. It’s awesome we have someone in the thick of it who can answer these types for questions first hand from personal experience. I truly appreciate you and all you contribute here. 🙏

[David Maroul]

Awesome! thanks Dana. I wasn’t aware of much of what you shared. Especially diff audio quality for the free & paid tiers and I do tend to focus on Spotify (& use the free Spotify app on my desktop since it doesn’t restrict you on skips etc. like on mobile). I too turn the normalization off (primarily because I want to hear the level that the artist actually uploaded) but I was not aware of a further diminished audio for my freeloader status 😅. Makes sense though.

I think I’ve read Tidal has high audio quality for one of their paid tiers as well.

I am going to pick up Streamliner now.

Do artists/ labels/ mastering engineers create different versions for different platforms?

I know vinyl requires its’s own master because of (low end) freq limitations on the actual physical vinyl.

Curious about the level of detail when it comes to different streaming platforms?

Thanks again, Dana!