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Loudness wars revisited
Sorry in advance for this can of worms.
Just played a CD 'Crème Anglaise', with Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell. A lovely recording. Then I put on Anastacia's 'Not That Kind', which I picked up 'used', on a whim for $1 at a fund-raising store. Put it on and just about knocked the house down. Thundering deep synth bass - quite spectacular as a gimmick, but a bit tedious to actually listen to. And the overall level I had to turn down to about 1½ whereas the previous CD was comfortable at 5 ! My question is was that OTT bass intended to be heard as such, or mastered that way in an effort to get 'good' bass on lesser replay systems ? And the overall loudness thing, well I guess that's another story... geoff |
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Loudness wars revisited
geoff wrote:
Sorry in advance for this can of worms. Just played a CD 'Crème Anglaise', with Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell. A lovely recording. Then I put on Anastacia's 'Not That Kind', which I picked up 'used', on a whim for $1 at a fund-raising store. Put it on and just about knocked the house down. Thundering deep synth bass - Listening to this Anastacia album, lots of synth bass but I find it not very deep at all. Bass guitars are usually mixed with more bottom end than that... the music is quite nice! Anyone know some good music with low synth bass pls let me know, I am into that sort of thing. |
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On 14/02/2020 1:47 am, hinz wrote:
geoff wrote: Sorry in advance for this can of worms. Just played a CD 'Crème Anglaise', with Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell. A lovely recording. Then I put on Anastacia's 'Not That Kind', which I picked up 'used', on a whim for $1 at a fund-raising store. Put it on and just about knocked the house down. Thundering deep synth bass - Listening to this Anastacia album, lots of synth bass but I find it not very deep at all. Bass guitars are usually mixed with more bottom end than that... the music is quite nice! Anyone know some good music with low synth bass pls let me know, I am into that sort of thing. Well it *is* there . I must suck it up into Sound Forge or something to check specifically .... Try the start of Sting 'A Thousand Years' off Brand New Day for some low rumble if that's what shakes yer booties. Or 'Shaking The Tree' by Peter Gabriel. Or the outro of 'Don't Give Up'. geoff |
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geoff wrote:
My question is was that OTT bass intended to be heard as such, or mastered that way in an effort to get 'good' bass on lesser replay systems ? And the overall loudness thing, well I guess that's another story... geoff Fletcher-Munson |
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geoff wrote:
My question is was that OTT bass intended to be heard as such, or mastered that way in an effort to get 'good' bass on lesser replay systems ? And the overall loudness thing, well I guess that's another story... geoff Fletcher-Munson? |
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low bass (was: Loudness wars revisited)
geoff wrote:
Listening to this Anastacia album, lots of synth bass but I find it not very deep at all. Bass guitars are usually mixed with more bottom end than that... the music is quite nice! Anyone know some good music with low synth bass pls let me know, I am into that sort of thing. Well it *is* there . I must suck it up into Sound Forge or something to check specifically .... Try the start of Sting 'A Thousand Years' off Brand New Day for some low rumble if that's what shakes yer booties. Or 'Shaking The Tree' by Peter Gabriel. Or the outro of 'Don't Give Up'. Thanks! Some good ones I found over the years: Earth Song by Michael Jackson True Colours by Phil Collins Yo Mama by Frank Zappa |
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low bass (was: Loudness wars revisited)
hinz wrote:
True Colours by Phil Collins For me there is only one True Colours: Cindi Lauper's original! |
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Loudness wars revisited
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Fletcher-Munson? Fletcher-Munson? Double-posting dumb****? |
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