Loudness wars revisited

[geoff]

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

[hinz[_2_]]

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.

[geoff]

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

[david gourley[_4_]]

geoff > said...news:RuadnctUIYp2LtjDnZ2dnUU7-
:

> 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
>

Seastones by Phil Lesh and Ned Lagin.

david

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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?

[hinz[_2_]]

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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hinz wrote:

>True Colours by Phil Collins

For me there is only one True Colours: Cindi Lauper's original!

[geoff]

On 14/02/2020 10:22 pm, wrote:
> hinz wrote:
>
>> True Colours by Phil Collins
>
> For me there is only one True Colours: Cindi Lauper's original!
>

Split Enz True colours 6 years prior. No relation.

geoff

[None]

Theckma
> Fletcher-Munson?
> Fletcher-Munson?

Double-posting dumb****?

[hinz[_2_]]

wrote:
> hinz wrote:
>
>> True Colours by Phil Collins
>
> For me there is only one True Colours: Cindi Lauper's original!

Yeah you can't beat the original, but his version is good too, and
features 27 Hz (if this world makes you crazy....)