Re: OT Re: Beer Budget CD Release ...headache from cds

["Matthew F. McCabe" <mmccabe@finleysound.com>]

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On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Luca Formentini wrote:

> some time ago I found a very interesting website where there was a  
> sort of people movement trying to sponsoring a more natural use of  
> dynamics in audio production and mastering.
> It was a very well done technical analysis, but I can't find it  
> anymore...
> I am sure some google wizard could "easily" find it.
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> I must say that as I don't like overcompressed, flat mastering, I  
> also don't like when there are deliberate ear attacks with audio  
> jumping from very, very quiet moments to very aggressive ones.
> they make me angry
> is it maybe their precise intention ?
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> luca
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> andy butler ha scritto:
>> L.Angulo wrote:
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>>> Playing some of the CDs i have sometimes give me headaches and i  
>>> feel saturated by them after a while, and thats not because ive  
>>> gotten old,some of that stuff is just way compressed loud and  
>>> cold sounding to my ears,
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>> That's probably the "volume wars" effect.
>> ...and digital clipping, that'll give you a headache soon enough.
>> The cd medium has much better dynamic range than vinyl, that's  
>> it's strong point.
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>> There's no actual need to compress the music on a cd at all.
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>> Eventually that overcompressed music will be considered an un- 
>> listenable oddity.
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>>
>> andy
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