Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker


Loudness wars were mentioned. That's a thing of the past for the most part.

I so wish that were true. In the Oct 2016 issue of Recording Magazine, author Paul Stamler gives another very good reason to be aware of this. Even if you mix a CD well enough, if it peaks at 0db then converting that to MP3 can cause problems. A lot of this trend was about radio play, hence it seems like old news, but I've noticed that streaming services have the same concern where you don't want tremendous discrepancies between songs.


Yeah, there will always be bands trying to push the limits. But there are many more who are now aiming for the fuller dynamic range obtained by NOT pushing the limits.

And that's why the radio and amp has a volume control on it.

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