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Old 28th February 2017, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiharo View Post
I greatly disagree that "every song is extremely well produced", whatever you mean by that. The quality is the same, except that there's less clipping (and there's still clipping on vocals although it's definitely been toned down so in that way I can understand what you meant). Listen to the chorus of パーフェクト if you want clipping. There are no awfully produced songs like RULE, though, which is a great step forward at least. While there is improvement compared to her other albums, this is nowhere near to be called "extremely well produced", in my opinion.

Looking for U is definitely the best song on the album, I wish there were more like it. At first I liked the album a lot, but now I don't find most songs that appealing.
I'm referring to a side by side comparison of many songs across lecca's last few albums. I'm not seeing any clipping in Perfect in the waveform or by listening. But even if it is there, it's nowhere near the issues seen even on Maemuki. The sounds are better mixed and clearer. The only real issue I hear in tracks like woman is what sounds like limiting used on the chorus. There's a little too much ducking in the sound to make room for her voice.

But I think we can both agree lecca's records don't get the automation treatment they desperately need. I think they rely too much on limiters and compression than manually working with individual tracks to get the best mix. :\
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