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[I am not an audio engineer] Compression was the preferred munition during the loudness wars, not amplification. Recordings producing more acoustic energy wer
by brudgers 3y ago
[I am not an audio engineer]
Compression was the preferred munition during the loudness wars, not amplification.
Recordings producing more acoustic energy were made by reducing dynamic range.
- tonyarkles 3y agoYou're totally correct, and just to clarify for anyone who's not into audio/DSP this isn't referring to "data compression" but rather dynamic range compression. Basically quieter sounds get amplified so that the difference between a quiet sound and a loud sound is smaller, and then the whole thing gets amplified so that it's dancing right on the edge of clipping.