Lord Hasenpfeffer wrote:

cyrus the virus wrote:

the tools have always been around to squash music into oblivion..

Probably so. But please do not confuse my beloved "normalization" with
"squashing music into oblivion". I am still reeling from the shock of
having successfully whooped the ass of Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.

What is your measure of that whooping? Waveform pictures
tell nothing. Try level matched double blind listening
evaluations with a statistically signfigant number of
listeners.

My
routine practice of normalization does not involve forcing peaks to
clip. It does not involve destroying dynamic range. It does not
involve the inadvertent addition of digital distortion to what was
originally a pristine, professionally-sanctioned waveform.

I'm afraid you are wrong. If you increase the RMS level of
a normalized piece with the use of limiting/compression you
are doing all the things you think you are not. I'm afraid
your ignorance of the technical apsects of the process is
showing and I say that with all due respect regarding any
other matter.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein