So do you only listen to music that you recorded and mastered yourself or something? Did you supervise their entire production?
Of course not. I was listening and am still listening to recordings of others - ALWAYS interesting to hear how various aspects have been tackled throughout the history, technology changes, record labels, engineers, etc. I own around 2K of LPs and , one way or another, couple hundred CDs - plus my recordings.
No, I do not supervise the entire production. I do not do editing/mastering. Since my recordings are ALWAYS two mike only, there is no "mixing" in conventional sense possible - making a voice or instrument louder or quieter in the "mix" is impossible, as well as "placing" it in the "space" - it HAS to be done right on the spot. That means mastering is reduced to cutting and pasting together outtakes from various takes that fit musically together (rhytm, pitch, etc), producing hopefully something that fits together so well that even very critical listening will not reveal cut. I fortunately have a friend who has such a feeling and technical expertise to do it right.
Given the perfect playing, my recordings do not require any further intervention - except bouncing down to whatever format. There exist one CD that is issued without a sigle cut - simple the best take was selected for the release. Unfortunately, in the end it was decided to compress the dynamic range - something I will never allow again.
Due to financial constraints, all recordings issued so far are on CD - but since recently, there is a privately owned Merging workstation in our country, allowing for DSD mastering - and hopefully being able to offer native DSD downloads in forseeable future. It all boils down to money in the end... - so far , DSD64 and DSD128 have been edited as 192/32float and then bounced to CD redbook for release on CD.
