Loud or Accurate???

[MorePunkThanFunk]

basically the volume cut has nothing to do with dynamics or length its to do with the frequencies, its also being cut by a very experienced engineer... no prizes for guessing who. basically to get the record to the usual loudness for vinyl (+5db) a lot of the top end has to be taken out, thus resulting in the track sounding bass heavy and crap. the track sounded really good before mastering and the tp came back and it sounded terrible. also thisisn't a peak time track or a hard track.

that old chestnuet eh?


don't use so many rides or crashes / shakers in future
that stuff just eats cutting heads , and don't maxmise your mix too much in the computer that can cause some unpleasant harmonics which you can't even hear in the studio

for the time being ...go for a quieter cut , it'll sound fine , trust me..don't go for a loud dull cut , it will just sound shit only louder.

completely hit the nail on the head there, the problem is they want to be paid again for the mastering to get it re-cut quieter where as i maintain i shouldnt as they should have done it in the first place

its a no win situation really
but you could ask for a compromise , get them to a/b the orginal mix from dat with their production master from the mastering session ( assuming you have one ) and see what they think.
if the production master is noticabley duller than the original i think you have a bit of a case.
they should really contact you about major changes they might have to make to your music during the cut especiall something as drastic as
how this sounds
maybe you could just pay for the new acetate or something like that.

unfortunately it's not a black and white thing so you may well get a reponse equal to f***off !

but i think it's worth seeing these things through as you can learn for later on.
just try to keep it friendly....rudeness or pushyness will ultimately close all the doors in your face.

cheers for the advice, i'll post the samples up on thursday so u can see the massive difference.