[silk] New hope for loudness haters?
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/the-loudness-wars-is-musics-noisy-arms-race-over/242293/ The loudest album of 2010 was almost certainly Sleigh Bells' acclaimed Treats, a collection of songs with the volume and distortion of nearly every element pushed into the red. Drums became blasts of noise, the lyrics were nearly impossible to decipher, and even though it was very much a pop album, it was almost painful to listen to. That, of course, was precisely why it thrilled. Sleigh Bells had designed the album to sound that way. I love the physical aspect of music, guitarist Derek E. Miller said in an email to The Atlantic. I want people to have that experience of standing in front of a rack of sub-woofers, being blasted with air and feeling the center of your chest crush a little. I usually blur the vocals so people spend less time thinking about the lyrics and more time responding on a purely emotional level. Overdubs, hard pans, extremely short delays. Then one day, his own music took him by surprise. Our song 'Tell 'Em' came on a friend's playlist once sandwiched between a few songs, and I jumped, he said. It kind of annoyed me. ... -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe
Re: [silk] New hope for loudness haters?
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/the-loudness-wars-is-musics-noisy-arms-race-over/242293/ I liked the last bit: That, then, may be the end of the Loudness Wars: As brick-wall limiting became more popular and attracted more attention, it became something gauche, ugly, uncool. And there's no better way to keep something out of music than to make it seem uncool. A bit of marketing logic that people pushing action for ameliorating climate change seem to be learning as well. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] New hope for loudness haters?
On 26-Jul-11, at 1:22 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/the-loudness-wars-is-musics-noisy-arms-race-over/242293/ I liked the last bit: That, then, may be the end of the Loudness Wars: As brick-wall limiting became more popular and attracted more attention, it became something gauche, ugly, uncool. And there's no better way to keep something out of music than to make it seem uncool. More egregious instances of brick-wall limiting may be reduced (thank goodness), but mastering compression is not going away anytime soon. Cars are still noisy, ipod headphones still have poor frequency response, and that's what mastering engineers are optimizing for these days. I've heard more than one producer claim that they mix with their expensive monitors and master with ipod headphones. They're probably joking, but only kinda. -Taj.
