Phil Leigh wrote: > This shoudn't be the case on a full mix coming off a CD (almost > certainly brick-wall limited during astering these days!).
Depends on the genre. All pop/rock/etc CDs are cursed with the loudness wars, which all professional mastering engineers hate. They do it only because the client insists (artist, producer, record label, etc). Jazz, chamber, classical, etc. typically have some dynamic life left, probably because they don't get much radio play. The really sad thing about loudness wars (other than that it doesn't work and destroys music) is that the claimed aim is to get it sound loud on radio. All, and I mean _all_ radio stations have compressors between the studio and the transmitter. They compress the hell out of music anyway. There is no reason to compress music for retail sale. Since the world listens to music on iPod, and has totally rejected SACD and DVD-a, the market for quality sound is growing more limited by the day. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
