Loudness war

[Polpotkin]

Not like it's a new discovery but an easy way to understand...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

 

[AudioPhile777]

nice. gotta love dynamics.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Is it bad that I actually liked the sound of the "louder one"?

 

[NickL]

Is it bad that I actually liked the sound of the "louder one"?

quite possibly but dont spend too much time re-examining your morals

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Nice little video. It'll keep it around for clients who have a hard time understanding the concept.

-0z-

 

[sparkyness]

I just threw Slayer's "Season in the Abyss" (from 1990) into the CD player after not going semi-"old school" in a while, and what did I notice:

- having to reach for the voiume knob to turn it up
- dynamics
- resonance in a kick drum
- no ear fatigue after only five songs
- no obligatory breakdowns
- compulsory air-drumming to Lombardo

This album is not the greatest metal production ever, but it still sounds cool. Quite a cleansing of the ears from a lot of the brickwalled stuff churned out these days. There's some amazing engineers and bands out there, so hopefully this whole loudness thing will chill so we can actually hear 'em properly without being squished to death.

 

[zmetallica]

In the older days I find that the main instruments in the mixes were quieter and the drums were unbalanced with it.

then again if you look at early Metallica albums, you can hear that this wasn't the case.