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MikeEnRegalia 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Online Points: 21149 |
 Posted: June 06 2008 at 15:32 |
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Jean, you said "the dynamic range of
modern CD-productions no longer is used". Doesn't reducing the dynamic range imply compression?
Or do you mean that modern albums are simply mixed so that the silent parts are not as silent as they could be? |
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 16:09 |
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I meant the second. and this is only done for the silent parts, not for the loud ones, so this has nothing to do with compression at all.
I do not have the study here; I only heard about it in the radio. if you are interested in it then you will have to write to the radio station WDR 3 and ask about it; the topic was talked about in a program called "Resonanzen". I am pretty sure they could give you more detailed information there about how to get at the results of the study |
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 16:22 |
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^ maybe you can identify the right day here: http://www.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/sendung_archiv.phtml?sendung=Resonanzen
 I don't think that musicians should be forced to use the entire dynamic range that the CD offers ... like King Crimson put it: "It doesn't mean you should ... just because you can". I think they should try to find a suitable middle ground between extreme dynamics and uniform loudness. Right now I'm listening to Tool - Lateralus ... The Patient is just starting and it's quite silent. I wouldn't change a thing about it! |
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 16:23 |
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it was only yesterday. that's why it is so present in my mind
Edited by BaldJean - June 06 2008 at 16:25 |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 16:27 |
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^ the website doesn't seem to feature any details about the study ... but nevermind. As the loudness war indicates: There is a trend towards louder albums. You can make them louder by using compression, but of course it also helps to make all the sections of a track equally loud. Again, I think that although this is a general trend, there are many exceptions.
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 16:33 |
you should be able to download a podcast of the program, Mike |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 16:34 |
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Maybe I will ... the GEZ fees I'm paying must be of some use!
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