[Deputy Dumbya Dawg]

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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: "Deputy Dumbya Dawg"

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: "Arny Krueger" wrote in message
: news:4L2dndGw8YaChzvYnZ2dnUVZ_q-: The problem with
: normalizing is that it is simplistic, arithmetical
: (not
: even mathematical!) and arbitrary, while music is
about
: managing complex relationships in a subjective
way.
: Normalizing takes one simplistic characteristic of
: music, its peak level, and uses it as the one and
only
: iron rule for setting levels.
:
: If the last thing you do to your music before
: distribution is to normalize it, you've probably
ruined
: it. You've certainly removed a lot of art and
: subjectivity.
:
:
:
: I interpret what you said as he probably ruined the
: music before he normalized it since he had to
normalize
: it not because he normalized it.
:
: No. The point is that you never have to normalize
music. And there are
: times when leaving it as you mixed it is exactly the
right thing to do.
:
: You can ampilfy both channels to exploit the dynamic
range of the
: operational environment, which while netting out to
being a similar process,
: is conceptually and practically a different thing.
:
: Or you can individually amplify or attenuate each
file in a compendium, so
: that the perceived loudness of the files in a
compendium meet a practical or
: an artistic need that relates to the whole compedium.

Slippery slope equating perceived loudness to peak
voltage. They may be proportional sometimes but there
are other parameters that better indicate perception of
loudness than the max voltage hit over an arbitrary
length of time.

peace
dawg
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