Where could I find non-hypercompressed music?

[Douglas Carmichael]

With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
because of the Dolby Digital standards?)

I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.

Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
loved audio since I was 6.)

--Douglas

[Richard Kuschel]

>With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
>there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
>hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
>concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
>because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
>I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
>on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
>Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
>reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
>loved audio since I was 6.)
>
>--Douglas
>
>
>
>
>

I try to keep the loudaholism down. It is my clients that demand it and they
are paying the bills.
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

[Richard Kuschel]

>With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
>there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
>hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
>concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
>because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
>I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
>on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
>Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
>reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
>loved audio since I was 6.)
>
>--Douglas
>
>
>
>
>

I try to keep the loudaholism down. It is my clients that demand it and they
are paying the bills.
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

[Richard Kuschel]

>With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
>there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
>hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
>concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
>because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
>I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
>on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
>Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
>reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
>loved audio since I was 6.)
>
>--Douglas
>
>
>
>
>

I try to keep the loudaholism down. It is my clients that demand it and they
are paying the bills.
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

[Brian Takei]

Douglas Carmichael )
in article > wrote:
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red.


FWIW, Bob Katz has a list:
http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=93

[Brian Takei]

Douglas Carmichael )
in article > wrote:
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red.


FWIW, Bob Katz has a list:
http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=93

[Brian Takei]

Douglas Carmichael )
in article > wrote:
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red.


FWIW, Bob Katz has a list:
http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=93

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)

Well, first, you build a time machine....

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)

Well, first, you build a time machine....

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)

Well, first, you build a time machine....

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)

Well, first, you build a time machine....

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)

Well, first, you build a time machine....

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)

Well, first, you build a time machine....

[**bg**]

33 rpm records....

-bg-
--
www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
> because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
> I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
> on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
> Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
> reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
> loved audio since I was 6.)
>
> --Douglas

[**bg**]

33 rpm records....

-bg-
--
www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
> because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
> I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
> on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
> Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
> reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
> loved audio since I was 6.)
>
> --Douglas

[**bg**]

33 rpm records....

-bg-
--
www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca

"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
> because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
> I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
> on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
> Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
> reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
> loved audio since I was 6.)
>
> --Douglas

[Scott Dorsey]

Ricky W. Hunt > wrote:
>"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
>> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
>> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
>> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)
>
>Well, first, you build a time machine....

I got two! They say Ampex on the front panel! Through the use of
ferromagnetic technology I can listen to sounds made decades ago!
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Scott Dorsey]

Ricky W. Hunt > wrote:
>"Douglas Carmichael" > wrote in message
om...
>> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
>> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
>> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?)
>
>Well, first, you build a time machine....

I got two! They say Ampex on the front panel! Through the use of
ferromagnetic technology I can listen to sounds made decades ago!
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[knud]

Don't you just love it when the chorus comes in and it's so squashed that
it sounds quiet and wimpy compared to the verse?
blahblah
ALL MUSIC IS ORIGINAL...
EVEN IF ONLY ONE NOTE IS CHANGED!
EVERYONE CREATES IN A VACUUM!

[knud]

Don't you just love it when the chorus comes in and it's so squashed that
it sounds quiet and wimpy compared to the verse?
blahblah
ALL MUSIC IS ORIGINAL...
EVEN IF ONLY ONE NOTE IS CHANGED!
EVERYONE CREATES IN A VACUUM!

[Nobody]

Douglas Carmichael wrote:

> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two


http://store.acousticsounds.com/

[Nobody]

Douglas Carmichael wrote:

> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two


http://store.acousticsounds.com/

[Jim Williams]

(Douglas Carmichael) wrote in message >...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
> because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
> I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
> on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
> Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
> reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
> loved audio since I was 6.)
>
> --Douglas

It will stop only after all the mastering people are killed off. These
are the same people that rant all the time against the sound of
compression then you see them doing exactly what they're bitching
about.
Consider listening to catalog stuff, you know, music made by
dinosaurs before digital compression was discovered and abused.
Reminds me of the old story, "Doc, it hurts when I raise my arm", to
which the doctor replys, "don't raise your arm".

The solution is to give up the drug.

Jim Williams
Audio Upgrades

[Jim Williams]

(Douglas Carmichael) wrote in message >...
> With all the loudaholism that has infected popular music today, is
> there anyplace to find _any_ music recording that is NOT
> hypercompressed/limited-to-hell (and irritating sounding?) On the two
> concert DVDs I have, I rarely see my meter pin in the red. (Is that
> because of the Dolby Digital standards?)
>
> I've taken to checking samples of everything I'm interested in buying
> on the iTMS. If it keeps my meter in the red, I don't buy it.
>
> Do you think that this loudaholism will ever stop? (I'm seriously
> reconsidering going into audio as a career because of it, and I've
> loved audio since I was 6.)
>
> --Douglas

It will stop only after all the mastering people are killed off. These
are the same people that rant all the time against the sound of
compression then you see them doing exactly what they're bitching
about.
Consider listening to catalog stuff, you know, music made by
dinosaurs before digital compression was discovered and abused.
Reminds me of the old story, "Doc, it hurts when I raise my arm", to
which the doctor replys, "don't raise your arm".

The solution is to give up the drug.

Jim Williams
Audio Upgrades