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LoudnessWar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for the comments everyone. Pretty much everything relevant has been said. Feel free to browse the comments archives, and please take a look at Bob Katz' (Grammy award-winning mastering engineer) web site for more info. -Matt
utubefreak101 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Do they do this to CDs that were origionally realsed in the 80s but sold today?
MaGaO (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A comment and a question: after watching this, I'm no longer surprised at the huge difference between live and recorded sound. I know there are many other things, but it always surprised me how a live performance seems much more "listenable", since I can make out the different instruments.
Can this be reversed somehow? I guess it will be, at best, very difficult.
cyborlite (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for this insightful piece of info.
Cj1500 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Supurb point. I'm just worried that the people digitally remastering classic music is doing it.
pmcgowan88 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned in later posts but it needs to be specified that it isn't the record producer who is doing this, like mentioned in this video. It's the record label executives. They insist that mastering engineers compress their releases like this. We engineers are forced to do this otherwise we would be fired. I'm not sure if the creator of this video was implying this, but it needs to be specified.
quicksilver4648 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Fantastic video. I can't stand large corporations making decisions the consumers should make. If I want the volume up, I will turn it up.
tubafatness (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I already knew that method, I was talking about whether or not the original audio off of the CD could be any louder, (so that hearing-impaired listeners do not have to tamper in any way with the audio or audio-player.) Thanks for the reminder though!
LoudnessWar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't think it is, either - just nobody has the guts to put out a CD that's .5 dB quieter than anyone else because they're too afraid it will be called "weak."
LoudnessWar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes - turn up the volume on your playback device. (Not meant to be sarcastic or disrespectful - simply serious.) |
