Loudness Wars

mok` · 20-09-2008, 17:22

Interesting article/ blog on how the fashion to over-compress music to make it seem louder is basically making it sound like a load of crap

http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/...ds-better.html

Also worth having a skim through the following Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

Personally Im of the opinion that a certain amount of compression is necessary in modern music, not just for the loudness aspect but because digital formats have a finite limit to their dynamic range anyway (although so does the human ear). However muddy, indistinct drum/ cymbal sounds are bad enough on 128KBps mp3s but when you start to get them on CDs something is horribly wrong.

20-09-2008, 17:22	#1
mok` Columbian Coffee Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 76	Loudness Wars Interesting article/ blog on how the fashion to over-compress music to make it seem louder is basically making it sound like a load of crap http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/...ds-better.html Also worth having a skim through the following Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war Personally Im of the opinion that a certain amount of compression is necessary in modern music, not just for the loudness aspect but because digital formats have a finite limit to their dynamic range anyway (although so does the human ear). However muddy, indistinct drum/ cymbal sounds are bad enough on 128KBps mp3s but when you start to get them on CDs something is horribly wrong. __________________