
Massive Master
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I'd be happy to return to the 90's... That seemed to be the tipping point of where we found a balance between "power" and "volume" --- A certain amount of additive volume and compressed dynamics (when done right) gave songs energy and tension (still does). Adding volume and reducing dynamics past that point reduces energy and decreases tension. Contrast is good. And (God help me, because I hate "standards" on so many things) if we locked -15dBRMS (rough example) as "Industry Standard Volume" along with the technology available these days as far as raw quality is concerned, I can't even imagine...