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On 6 Jun 2004 08:45:01 -0700, (ChrisCoaster) wrote:
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MisteRogers asks: "Can you say 'excessive dynamic compression' ?"
I saw it somewhere - it escapes me - online a list of prominent CDs
produced since 1984, showing the title, artist, and average sound
level in Digital terms. Basically, album by album, the average level
crept closer to zero - the digital audio theoretical maximum never to
ISTR seeing (at least) two such pages, one on the most recent Rush
CD compared to earlier Rush recordings on prosoundweb, and another I
found googling.
be exceeded. -10, -11, -9, -9, -6, -7, -7, -4, and so on. Higher
overall volumes at the expense of dynamic vitality. : ( Translated
to even a violin solo, this means you are losing the peaks and valleys
that compose a violin's essence!
This is why I have to drag out some of my old vinyl to really
experience the artist's intent - something lost on the CD transcripts
and digital "Remasters".
-ChrisCoaster
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