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Pro Quality
how can we make our recorded music sound like pro quality?
Our band has recorded some songs in a multitrack studio. The recording engineer did a good job in balancing (mixing) the instruments and the vocal tracks. But when I got home and compared it with a commercial CD album, I noticed that our sound quality still needs improvement.
What else could be missing?
It depends what your sound engineer did! The really classic old school (and better) way of mixing is to keep the median of the sound volume as close to the 0 dB threshold as possible, with minimal compression only as needed for the really loud parts. This allows for the best sonic reproduction, and if people want to crank up the bass or treble, there's room to grow. But it means the overall volume of the tracks is actually sort of low.
During the 90's, it become more common to crank everything up full core. The bottom end got louder and there was a LOT of compression on the high end. This makes the overall sound of the CD very loud, but it actually crushes a lot of the sonic brilliance.
With the switchover to MP3's, a lot of CD's mixed that way are sounding really muddy as MP3's. The compression on top of compression just destroys the sound overall, and what people end up hearing on the MP3 is terrible compared to the original CD (which is an excellent case for buying the actual CD for the songs you really like). So better engineers are returning to the classic mix styles.
So this is why you play one CD and it is really loud, while another CD is really low.
Sound quality overall depends on where the CD will be played. Engineers need to consider: is it for FM radio, AM radio (not any more, but older CD's had to consider it!), MP3 players, high-end systems, car trunk systems (heavy bass), headphones, etc. All of those require different sonic footprints, and the engineer has to strike a reasonable balance.
Honestly, if you really feel something is "missing", bring it back to the engineer and ask him about it. They would rather have you come back and give it a fresh listen, maybe tweak a couple of things OR convince you that it's good the way it is, rather than you being forever disappointed with the sound. Once you send that master off for "print", that's it.
MW3 - Blackmagic Intensity Pro Quality Test