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> during the dubstep parts of the song, the snares sound nice and crisp. At those points, the tweeters are probably putting out 2-4x the amount of power they co
by golergka 4y ago
> during the dubstep parts of the song, the snares sound nice and crisp. At those points, the tweeters are probably putting out 2-4x the amount of power they could handle without melting - briefly. But then when the nasty clipped lead comes in, that overloads them a lot more and the safety daemon clamps down on the tweeter volume.
That's called compression.
- jesprenj 4y agoCame here to say that. It's essential in every step of music production and playback, but mostly available to end users either on relatively expensive sound mixing stations in the entertainment industry or under ambiguous names, like "enchance sound" or "sound safety" for home usage.
- capableweb 4y agoOr it's just a limiter.
- golergka 4y agoLimiter is merely a very fast brickwall compressor.
- MrBuddyCasino 4y agoTbf, there are varying levels in complexity, and it is near impossible to limit in a way that is foolproof without severly crippling volume.
- kkielhofner 4y agoI don’t know of any other compressors/limiters that are monitoring temperature sensors connected to each driver and modifying the parameters of the compressor and amplifier in real-time based on audio signal level and carefully calibrated driver amplification and temp vs time. All in a way that (to the casual listener) isn’t noticed other than “Wow this sounds really good for laptop speakers”. A picture is worth a thousands words and seeing temperature in anything having to do with compression should jump out any anyone familiar with these concepts as something novel/interesting. More here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130329898 https://patents.google.com/patent/US20130329898
- golergka 4y agoWell, it is an original implementation, but you have to admit, it sounds pretty similar to optical compressor, just with temperature sensors instead of photocells.
- kkielhofner 4y agoI'm definitely not trying to argue the validity of the patent, just saying that if you're trying to argue against the (beyond broken) patent system there are far better egregious examples of completely ridiculous patents that have been granted.
- golergka 4y agoOh, please don't get me wrong — I'm in awe of this system and definitely think it's worth the patent! I just pointing out that it is essentially the same overall principle, but it doesn't make it any less awesome.