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In Reply to: digital vs. analog (digi is convenient .....too convenient) posted by Nullone on July 17, 2004 at 08:40:40:
The reason for this is that everyone who doesn't understand the folly of it, will always choose louder music as sounding better. In this case, it's not really better, just louder.Artists and producers want their product to stand out when compared to others. Therefore, make it louder. The CD medium has a 96 dB dynamic range. This is greater than any other medium before it, and producers want their music to occupy the greatest 6 dB. So back at the studio, they use a limiter like the Waves Ultramaximizer to squeeze the life out of the music. They'll reduce the dynamic range between the RMS and peak value down to 3-6 dB. This makes for short-lived music. People will quickly lose interest in it. That's why tarts like Christina Spears need to be constantly releasing stuff. If they aren't, they quickly fade into nothing.
Back in the days of mixing to analog tape, the tape compression gave about a 14 dB range between RMS and peak value. Today, good film mixers mix to a 20 dB standard. That's why a lot of movie soundtracks sound great. Often enough I have to try to convince a client that he doesn't really want it that loud. Often enough, I'm unsuccessful.
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Follow Ups
- You've discovered the outcome of the level wars. - Top Jimmy 12:09:15 07/17/04 (2)
- Re: You've discovered the outcome of the level wars. - bdiament 12:28:11 07/17/04 (1)
- Can we go back to analog then? - Nullone 16:34:51 07/17/04 (0)
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