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By: Dominic L.

Dominic L. — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:23:53 +0000

This is why I stay away from mainstream releases coming out now. Independent labels and others that have no chance of having a single played on radio tend to produce music at the volume it should be mastered at.

By: Lindiwe

Lindiwe — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:31:22 +0000

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By: Die Musik wird immer lauterâ€¦ – Openmedi

Die Musik wird immer lauterâ€¦ – Openmedi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:02:25 +0000

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By: bedtimebunnage.com» Blog Archive » Why so loud?

bedtimebunnage.com» Blog Archive » Why so loud? — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:37:34 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:13:20 +0000

I actually wrote about this concept last year, often known as “The Loudness War”: http://lithe.wordpress.com/200.....dness-war/

I’m not sure how we can even begin to reverse the effect…

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Things I learned this week – #2 | dougbelshaw.com/blog — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:44:04 +0000

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friday digest no. 4 / what consumes me, bud caddell — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:04:16 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:50:54 +0000

Yes, only with regard to dynamic range. All other things (including recording equipment, sampling rate, etc, etc) assumed to be equal.

By: Johnimator

Johnimator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:35:39 +0000

A simple experiment is enough – if you own both a cd player and an old-fashioned analogue record-player, and a cd and vinyl copy of the same album.
Switch the source on your amplifier from “cd” to “phono” (or whatever input serves the record player) at similar points of the same track.
The cd will sound louder but the extremes will have been surpressed – or deleted totally – to save digital disc space.
The record’s playback volume will need turning up to match the actual sound emanating from the speakers, and you should hear more levels or tracks, such as hi-hat, cymbals, etc at one end, and more bass, kick-drum, etc at the other.
Nowt to do with graphs and that, just personal experience.