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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Why no iPod? (was Re: an iPod question (xposted)) |
| Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:03:37 -0400 |
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At Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:32:11 Farrar wrote:
>Here's another question: why is rock music so dynamically compressed these
>days? Looking at the stuff I have transferred from LP to CD as a waveform
>on my computer I can see obvious peaks and valleys; however, ripping tunes
>from (for example) the latest Cheap Trick and The Innocents CDs results in
>something that looks like a brick. Is this the results of top sound men's
>ageing ears or people listening to the squished dynamic range of FM radio,
>or something else I'm unaware of?
>
>A friend of mine thinks it's a conspiracy -- that the record companies are
>compressing the dynamic range of newer releases so that they can sell us on
>the latest upgrade in sound reproduction: "Listen to the greater dynamic
>range of __________. It's so much better than CD." But I'm not that
>cynical.
The material is loud and compressed by bands/labels/whoever because they
CAN. Technology has its abusers and the music industry is one of the leading
culprits -- bigger, better, shinier, MORE! (to paraphrase 4 Non Blondes).
.....followed by the movie industry. Do we really need to hear Kursten
Dunst's voice at 190 db in a movie theatre or on our home theatre systems?
No. But we CAN!!! So we do.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
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