Loudness

2007-09-09 | by hrrundivbakshi

I for one believe the topic of Loudness is very important. One of these videos explains exactly why.

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Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]

Genius! I suspect RTH Labs had a hand in this.

2007-09-09 @ 22:20

Comment from: saturnismine [Member]

the first youtube demonstrates what happens when you take an old song that was mixed and mastered under the old volume limits, and subjects it to the new higher volume limitations.

instruments in songs mixed and mastered now, and in accordance with the new limitations can still have all the space they need.

and the old stuff can be remixed before it's rereleased at higher volumes, too (although i'm sure that most of the time, it isn't).

so the problem it points out is only true of some, not all, of the music we're listening to, namely, music that was recorded before 2002 (which is when the current volume standards were established), and has been re-released with new mastering to meet the higher volume without being remixed.

i think the second youtube is a much less flawed discursive on both the dangers and value of volume VOLUME VOLUME!!!

2007-09-10 @ 06:15

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