THE AWFULLY LOUD AND DISTORTED WATERMARK!
DeoStrozza
17 Sep 2017 05:48
About a month ago I contacted the support team because I noticed that the watermark imprinted on the preview tracks of some of my tunes are stupidly loud and distorted. My mastering brickwall final limiter is always set to -0.5dB to prevent distortion when the tracks are converted to MP3, as well as to leave some headroom for the watermark to not clip. So, I don’t think this problem has something to do with my mastering stage but it is a problem that has to do with the P5 watermark printing algorithm.
I noticed that not only my stuff suffers from this “illness” but also some of the latest tunes from some other composers. I don't think that this loud watermark volume level will better protect our music from piracy and I also don't think it will help to better sell our music. By the contrary, it can ruin a track from selling well because no one can support to listen to a stupidly loud and distorted voice repeating a logo over a quiet piece of music, like a smooth piano track, for exemple, for more than a few seconds.
I hate having to make a post like this on P5 forum, but it seems I have no alternative 'cause I contacted the support team about this almost a month ago, alerting for this problem and after uploading some new tracks I verify that nothing changed, so... I'm sorry but I'm really disappointed!
I noticed that not only my stuff suffers from this “illness” but also some of the latest tunes from some other composers. I don't think that this loud watermark volume level will better protect our music from piracy and I also don't think it will help to better sell our music. By the contrary, it can ruin a track from selling well because no one can support to listen to a stupidly loud and distorted voice repeating a logo over a quiet piece of music, like a smooth piano track, for exemple, for more than a few seconds.
I hate having to make a post like this on P5 forum, but it seems I have no alternative 'cause I contacted the support team about this almost a month ago, alerting for this problem and after uploading some new tracks I verify that nothing changed, so... I'm sorry but I'm really disappointed!
Mike
18 Sep 2017 14:39
Hi @DeoStrozza,
We read you (and others) loud and clear when it comes to the watermark, and we will be addressing (and revising) it for both music and SFX in the near future. There's a significant amount of tech work that needs to be done to revise and replace it so we're asking for your patience while we correct the issue.
Thanks for understanding!
We read you (and others) loud and clear when it comes to the watermark, and we will be addressing (and revising) it for both music and SFX in the near future. There's a significant amount of tech work that needs to be done to revise and replace it so we're asking for your patience while we correct the issue.
Thanks for understanding!
DeoStrozza
18 Sep 2017 16:49
Hi @Mike,
It's good to know that you are aware of this problem and that you'll be revising it soon. Thanks a lot for your answer!
It's good to know that you are aware of this problem and that you'll be revising it soon. Thanks a lot for your answer!