
noisewreck
New member
I'm quite preplexed by this. Everyone complains about this, and everyone is guilty of it. Can the pros shed some light on this? Specially the mastering engineers, who seem to be the most vocal about this, yet seem to be forced into it. Why do you do it? Who makes you do it?
This specially hit home a couple of days ago, when I was at my cousin's house and he had put on an old Ella Fitzgerald album and was telling me in an almost childish glee "look at how she just got quiet, and now how she's loud, yet relaxed, what a range!". Now, he's not a musician, and pretty much a casual listener, but unbeknownst to him, he was commenting exactly on the dynamics on the record. Obviously this is something that even the casual listeners appreciate.
So, who's great idea is it to compress the shit out of everything?
If we're becoming a culture where we like everything really loud, I'd prefer if the burden fell on the stereo manufacturers (specially the car audio manufacturers) to make more powerful amps with better headroom and match them with appropriate speakers, at lower cost, so the listeners could crank up the volume 'till their eardrums bleed and their tupees fly off, if they so wish.
Any thoughts?
This specially hit home a couple of days ago, when I was at my cousin's house and he had put on an old Ella Fitzgerald album and was telling me in an almost childish glee "look at how she just got quiet, and now how she's loud, yet relaxed, what a range!". Now, he's not a musician, and pretty much a casual listener, but unbeknownst to him, he was commenting exactly on the dynamics on the record. Obviously this is something that even the casual listeners appreciate.
So, who's great idea is it to compress the shit out of everything?
If we're becoming a culture where we like everything really loud, I'd prefer if the burden fell on the stereo manufacturers (specially the car audio manufacturers) to make more powerful amps with better headroom and match them with appropriate speakers, at lower cost, so the listeners could crank up the volume 'till their eardrums bleed and their tupees fly off, if they so wish.
Any thoughts?