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here's a great article about "loudness wars" in general, but many things too.
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foudn the link via osxa via ableton forum.
that dood from that link said: "Levels have crept up over the last decade though, and alarmingly so. Nevermind is 6-8dB quieter than, say, Hopes & Fears by Keane—to contextualise this, those 6-8dB will make Nevermind sound approximately half as loud."
the issue i find with "loud" and digital playback, is that there is a ceiling. and because of this ceiling you really cannot force "loud" naturaly. Tru loudness is best left to the amplification stage, not to the transport stage.
also, fook, thats a long article. thx god for speed reading. | |
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ignatius
mlbot said: "and then I told him "hip hop sucks, here's Supatrigga now make some IDM""
lollers
did you give him bufferoveride too?
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poolbath1
I just got Slayer's "Reign In Blood" import picture disc vinyl for my birthday, and I'm getting all worked up to make new digital files from it to replace the crappy ones I got from itunes. Now when I play this loud, the walls shall truly bleed!!!
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mlbot
yeah and we hooked it up to an Alesis AirFX after seeing that wicked BT video
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djugel
I still think the best recording I've ever heard is "Jesus Built My Hotrod".
the song is ok ..
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tantan
has anyone else heard the recently re-mastered "Violator" release? I'm curious what mastering gurus think of this. I have heard comparisons of previous "Greatest Hits" attempts to re-master old DM tracks and they sounded like ass--no dynamics, no tension, all harsh bright front loaded crap.
However, I have overall fairly enjoyed the work on the new Violator re-release. One track in particular is over-smushed (Policy of Truth) and a bit difficult to take, but otherwise it sounds pretty good to my ear.
The 5.1 mix is absolutely gorgeous.
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jdg
have no herd the remaster
but it was remastered by simon heyworth
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looks like a castle!
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djugel
my remastered Robert Palmer tracks sound good though.
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umami
u2's "how to dismantle an atomic bomb" goes down on my list as the most overcompressed album i've ever heard. the quiet ballads are exactly the same volume as the loudest guitar solos. it's ridiculous. album of the year my arse. it's so flat it hurts.
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Raaphorst
yes umami, that "how to dismantle an atomic bomb" sounds super bad. fire the engineer! unbelievable!
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Raaphorst
@ cbit: you mean ReplayGain? sure, anything compensated makes things much more simple: the loudly mastered stuff sounds worse than music with dynamics.
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cbit
raaphost: yes thats what i was looking for! sadly the project doesnt look active link
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jdg
there is also "sound check" in itunes based on the same idea: link
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astroid
all i really want is a compressor on my tv set.
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jdg
buy a shitty one of these on CL link
(70 is too much tho.. maybe 25bux tops)
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astroid
afraid to take apart my tvset. (ariel's tv set)
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