In article ,
pamela wrote:
Yes. It's something many choose to ignore. You almost never hear
the master tape as it left the studio. That goes through a
different mastering process for vinyl and CD and maybe even for
downloads. And most you hear via a broadcast has been processed
too.


Not forgetting radio edits and DJ mixes.

I guess these versions are mostly out of the control of the artist.

Yes - the mastering process usually is. Hence the rather frequent common
from some artists that 'it didn't sound like that in the studio'.

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