Posts by Paavo Jumppanen

05 Aug

Tech Blog

A Justification for Har-Bal : My Re-Mastering of Steve Wilson’s “Hand Cannot Erase”

• 05/08/2018
• By Paavo Jumppanen

Anyone who is familiar with the large body of work that Steven Wilson has created, either on his own or with collaborators, will be awa...

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04 Aug

Tech Blog

Loudspeaker Crossover MkII

• 04/08/2018
• By Paavo Jumppanen

As much as I was pleased with my original reference monitor design they suffered from a problem of my own making. Most notably, they ha...

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01 Aug

Tech Blog

Evaluating Combined Room / Monitor Performance

• 01/08/2018
• By Paavo Jumppanen

If you are serious about recording music, mastering music or simply listening to music (the later is mostly my domain), the most import...

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05 Jul

Nothing but Har-Bal

Mastering the track “Топлесс – Анатомия души”

• 05/07/2018
• By Paavo Jumppanen

In this video I master the track Топлесс - Анатомия души by Yury Kisel which he kindly submitted to us. This track is a good example of...

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30 Jun

Nothing but Har-Bal

Mastering the track “Everest”

• 30/06/2018
• By Paavo Jumppanen

In this video I master the track Everest by Vitaliy Borysyuk which he kindly submitted to us. If you have a track you would like help i...

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23 Mar

Tech Blog, Uncategorized

Why Too Much Limiting is a Bad Thing

• 23/03/2017
• By Paavo Jumppanen

It is all too common for material these days to be mastered at high average levels of anywhere between -13dB to -9dB relative to full s...

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21 Mar

Tech Blog, Uncategorized

Removing Inter-Sample Overs from the Har-Bal Limiter

• 21/03/2017
• By Paavo Jumppanen

Inter-sample overs is something of a mis-understood issue that need not be an issue but it depends upon how format conversion interface...

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08 Feb

Tech Blog, Uncategorized

A Late Christmas

• 08/02/2016
• By Paavo Jumppanen

Leading up to Christmas last year my eldest daughter was putting together her wish list and asking me if I could get her a bluetooth sp...

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10 Jun

Tech Blog, Uncategorized

Loudspeaker Design Criticism

• 10/06/2014
• By Paavo Jumppanen

I have received some detailed criticism on my loudspeaker design because of my choice of a vented enclosure. The basis of the criticism...

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03 Jun

Tech Blog, Uncategorized

Loudspeaker System Design: The Final Details

• 03/06/2014
• By Paavo Jumppanen

As promised much too long ago, here are the detailed plans and bill of materials to construct my new loudspeaker system. The PCB (prin...

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