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The irony is that extreme dynamic compression only became popular after all of the mediums we listen to (CDs, MP3, digital radio, etc) went digital and we got >
by pseudosavant 11y ago
The irony is that extreme dynamic compression only became popular after all of the mediums we listen to (CDs, MP3, digital radio, etc) went digital and we got >90 db dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio. Tapes and records are typically less than 60 db. So our digital music is capable of being as dynamically expressive as our ears but we clamp/ruin the dynamic range down to <20db.
- thrownaway2424 11y agoThere's a fundamental difference between analog and digital, though. On digital you have to stay well away from the limits or you will get extreme artifacts. On analog, you can stomp on the limits, and reconstruct the original signal with filters (analog or digital) after the fact, because tape doesn't simply stop responding, it just responds less as the inputs get more extreme.