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OT: Sonic Relief
OT: Sonic Relief
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nacoran
7264 posts
Oct 27, 2013
12:06 PM
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If the radio is compensating to create a more constant sound level, doesn't that just mean that the compression is happening in the radio instead of the studio? (A better system, I would think, would monitor current ambient noise levels and adjust compression accordingly.) I remember a music teacher in college (I think she thought much too much of her musicality) who said she loved the dynamic levels in classical music, how, when she was listening in the car, some music would sometimes have to turn the radio up to hear the music.
There is something to be said for being able to control the settings yourself, but the article says it's a default setting that can't be turned off.
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JInx
604 posts
Oct 27, 2013
12:30 PM
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no, compression is not the same as "sound level"
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The Iceman
1239 posts
Oct 27, 2013
12:43 PM
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Jinx...
Isn't compression the distance between the loudest and softest sound on the recording and how to alter it?
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JInx
605 posts
Oct 27, 2013
1:49 PM
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Yeah, too much and it causes ear fatigue
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nacoran
7268 posts
Oct 28, 2013
12:01 AM
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I understand that they aren't the same thing, but what exactly is it doing? My understanding was the reason compression was so in these days was there was so much background noise in our daily lives that the easiest fix was to punch the low volume sounds up (I know compression lowers the high volume sounds too, but it seems most people just use that headroom to turn the whole mix up).
I guess the difference is track related? I guess I'm confused. Sometimes, in mixes, I'll compress a single track, but sometimes I'll compress the whole thing- still experimenting. Is it the relative volume of sounds at the same point in time?
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JInx
607 posts
Oct 28, 2013
11:37 AM
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Yup, it's just old timers longing for the days of full dynamic range.
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