"Ricky W. Hunt" wrote in message news:7uAwc.57204$Ly.4318@attbi_s01...
"Faragan" wrote in message
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Great mix engineers, but did an A&R mastered Avril Lavigne's new cd?

I cannot stand to listen to it for more than 15 seconds before my ears
start to bleed.

Class action lawsuit anyone?


I know what you mean. I'm near 40 and this stuff grates my ears. How a young
person's hearing could take it is beyond me. Of course this what they are
used to and is presented to them as "professional sounding" so it's what
they identify with when they hear the words "pro sound".
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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
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

"ChrisCoaster" wrote in message
om...
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

You can definitely graph it out. I have Rhapsody.com so I have a huge range
of old and new music to draw from. That's the only place I'd ever hear this
"new" music anyway so a lot of stuff I want to check out I throw in a
playlist with other stuff I'm listening too. There's practically no way to
set a speaker level that allows you hear every thing well (older stuff) and
not be blown across the room when the new stuff comes on. As soothing as
analog is it's even more so when one of those grating mixes finishes (and
not all the grating ones where done on digital) and it goes into something
like some old Frank Sinatra. Like salve to ears.

"ChrisCoaster" wrote in message
om...
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

You can definitely graph it out. I have Rhapsody.com so I have a huge range
of old and new music to draw from. That's the only place I'd ever hear this
"new" music anyway so a lot of stuff I want to check out I throw in a
playlist with other stuff I'm listening too. There's practically no way to
set a speaker level that allows you hear every thing well (older stuff) and
not be blown across the room when the new stuff comes on. As soothing as
analog is it's even more so when one of those grating mixes finishes (and
not all the grating ones where done on digital) and it goes into something
like some old Frank Sinatra. Like salve to ears.

On 6 Jun 2004 08:45:01 -0700, (ChrisCoaster) wrote:

__________________________
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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http://mindspring.com/~benbradley

On 6 Jun 2004 08:45:01 -0700, (ChrisCoaster) wrote:

__________________________
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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http://mindspring.com/~benbradley