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Thread started 11/13/06 8:58am

mikek1

3121 is totally unlistenable!

This album sound horrible.It's compressed and distorted; far too loud.
It literally gives me an headache.

For you is better sounding than this and that is the truth.

It's either universal's fault or the actual guy who mastered it but someone needs to be accountable.

If i ever interviewed Prince i would bring this up first.
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Reply #1 posted 11/13/06 9:13am

luv4u

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Sounds fine to me smile
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Reply #2 posted 11/13/06 9:27am

mikek1

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Sounds fine to me smile


It's far from fine.

I have cds at level 34(volume) on my system. This cd is too loud at 40(the higher is actually lower volume).

It's been mastered FAR too loud.
I wish record labels and engineers wouldn't do this; there is simply no need for it at all.

you can't turn it up and enjoy it because of the distortion and clipping.
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Reply #3 posted 11/13/06 9:36am

Serena

I wish someone would remaster you to correct the problem with the same track repeating over and over and over again. lol
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Reply #4 posted 11/13/06 9:37am

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Serena said:

I wish someone would remaster you to correct the problem with the same track repeating over and over and over again. lol



lol lol
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Reply #5 posted 11/13/06 9:43am

funkyhead

well either don't listen to it or turn the volume down! razz
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Reply #6 posted 11/13/06 9:54am

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funkyhead said:

well either don't listen to it or turn the volume down! razz


Oh, but it's so much more fun to bitch about it! lol
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Reply #7 posted 11/13/06 9:55am

mikek1

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well either don't listen to it or turn the volume down! razz


It doesn't work like that.
Even with low volume it's still distorted with clipping and sound horrible.
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Reply #8 posted 11/13/06 9:58am

pkidwell

He should only put out live albums from now on with the ten minute version of Get On The Boat he did Sat. night
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Reply #9 posted 11/13/06 10:03am

wonder505

Serena said:

I wish someone would remaster you to correct the problem with the same track repeating over and over and over again. lol



lol
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Reply #10 posted 11/13/06 10:05am

wlcm2thdwn

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I wish someone would remaster you to correct the problem with the same track repeating over and over and over again. lol

Why in the world do you bitch so much?
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Reply #11 posted 11/13/06 10:17am

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Serena said:

I wish someone would remaster you to correct the problem with the same track repeating over and over and over again. lol


falloff
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Reply #12 posted 11/13/06 10:20am

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Reply #13 posted 11/13/06 10:23am

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I thought you meant because of the quality of songwriting/songs on it. lol And then yes, I would have to agree. nod

I am not a fan of this album at all.
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Reply #14 posted 11/13/06 10:32am

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The only track on here that I really like is 3121. I think the song is bangin'. But that's mainly cuz it sounds like something P recorded in the late 80's.
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Reply #15 posted 11/13/06 10:36am

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blackguitaristz said:

The only track on here that I really like is 3121. I think the song is bangin'. But that's mainly cuz it sounds like something P recorded in the late 80's.

Yep. That's the only one I like as well. lol
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Reply #16 posted 11/13/06 10:37am

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The good thing is you don't keep banging on about the same thing endlessly.

Oh wait you do, you've already covered your distain for the sound quality of Prince's albums here: http://www.prince.org/msg/7/207822

Does this mean you are going to start a thread about every Prince album with the same basic concept? Ever a chance to bash Prince, eh? Stop beating a dead horse.

Besides, I just don't get where you say these albums are 'unlistenable'. That's just crazy talk. Sounds fine on a decent volume on my hi-fi and on my headphones and I'm sure there are millions like me who don't even notice these so called distortions you maintain you can hear apparently at any volume. Sorry that we're enjoying the music and you're not, but there it is.
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Reply #17 posted 11/13/06 10:38am

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it isnt my favourite album.
i agree with the sound problem though.If i can stand to listen
Te Amo Corazon i have to turn it up,i then have to turn it down
because black Sweat is too loud and hurts my ears.
I spend my whole time adjusting the volume when i listen to the bloody thing.
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Reply #18 posted 11/13/06 10:43am

sexxydancer

Sounds fine 2 me!
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Reply #19 posted 11/13/06 10:44am

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muirdo said:

it isnt my favourite album.
i agree with the sound problem though.If i can stand to listen
Te Amo Corazon i have to turn it up,i then have to turn it down
because black Sweat is too loud and hurts my ears.
I spend my whole time adjusting the volume when i listen to the bloody thing.


Black Sweat hurst my ears too, because of that synth. The guitar on 3121 also hurts my ears.

Musicology & 3121 the albums don't sound consistently good to me. Some songs sound great (Lolita--wich not only has an old Prince sound but captures the old analog feel pretty well--Fury,Get on the Boat, the Word), some hurt. But the overall production sounds like it lacks depth & unity.
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Reply #20 posted 11/13/06 11:01am

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eye agree - 3121 is 2 loud, except 4 Te Amo Corazon.
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Reply #21 posted 11/13/06 11:05am

IdeaLady

lol You people R something else....I have listened 2 many songs over the

years that have bothered my ears...Hurt ?? give me a BREAK..

NOTHING that Prince

has EVER recorded has Hurt or offended,or disturbed me like the "Rap Crap"

that some folks R cranking up 2 listern 2 these days...Besides you can always

turn it down or off completely....
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Reply #22 posted 11/13/06 11:07am

minneapolisgen
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IdeaLady said:

lol You people R something else....I have listened 2 many songs over the

years that have bothered my ears...Hurt ?? give me a BREAK..

NOTHING that Prince

has EVER recorded has Hurt or offended,or disturbed me like the "Rap Crap"


that some folks R cranking up 2 listern 2 these days...Besides you can always

turn it down or off completely....

Not even "Gangsta Glam"? razz

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Reply #23 posted 11/13/06 11:09am

DanceWme

It is loud but I always have my headphones up the loudest..Especially when 'Get on the Boat' comes on biggrin

Im always walkin around like huh? what? After I take them off


Imma go deaf I know confused
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Reply #24 posted 11/13/06 11:18am

NDRU

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IdeaLady said:

lol You people R something else....I have listened 2 many songs over the

years that have bothered my ears...Hurt ?? give me a BREAK..

NOTHING that Prince

has EVER recorded has Hurt or offended,or disturbed me like the "Rap Crap"

that some folks R cranking up 2 listern 2 these days...Besides you can always

turn it down or off completely....


Black Sweat doesn't hurt my ears because it's bad, but because of the high pitched synth.
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Reply #25 posted 11/13/06 11:30am

Lordy

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What does 'clipping' sound like?
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Reply #26 posted 11/13/06 11:31am

Serena

NDRU said:

IdeaLady said:

lol You people R something else....I have listened 2 many songs over the

years that have bothered my ears...Hurt ?? give me a BREAK..

NOTHING that Prince

has EVER recorded has Hurt or offended,or disturbed me like the "Rap Crap"

that some folks R cranking up 2 listern 2 these days...Besides you can always

turn it down or off completely....


Black Sweat doesn't hurt my ears because it's bad, but because of the high pitched synth.



Me too, I love the song otherwise, but it's too high for me. Even thinking about it makes my ears twitch.
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Reply #27 posted 11/13/06 11:34am

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Lordy said:

What does 'clipping' sound like?


It's when signals are recorded too high. It sounds different on analog or digital. Analog would be like distortion, not necessarily unpleasant sounding. On digital it's more of an unpleasant popping.
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Reply #28 posted 11/13/06 11:35am

NDRU

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Serena said:

NDRU said:



Black Sweat doesn't hurt my ears because it's bad, but because of the high pitched synth.



Me too, I love the song otherwise, but it's too high for me. Even thinking about it makes my ears twitch.


I wonder if I was 15 if it wouldn't bother me. I'm 34 now.
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Reply #29 posted 11/13/06 11:54am

Anx

i'm glad i don't have audiophile ears, cuz it's so much easier to listen to crappily recorded music. nod
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