Comments on: The real reason that no-one listens to current day music anymore http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2006/03/16/the_real_reason_that_no_one_listens_to_c/ Random comments and thoughts of Chris Brunner Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Leigh Meyers http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2006/03/16/the_real_reason_that_no_one_listens_to_c/#comment-41 Leigh Meyers Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:22:42 +0000 #comment-41 Audio compression destroys dynamic range… That’s it’s job.

I use it when processing voice recordings for commercials and other purposes such as Travus T. Hipp’s Morning News & Commentary, which is taken from a radio station’s Real stream originating on a problematic phone line from Nevada. It makes his voice appear to be louder in relation to the phone line’s hum level.

Example:
[June 08 2006] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: The Freudian Slip – NBC’s Chris Matthews Slips In The Truth About Iraq & The Demise Of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Click To Listen: http://www.snurl.com/tth_060608
[ M3U Audio Playlist 128Kbps 17:03 Minutes ]
[The commentary segment is 6:00 minutes]

For music audio, it should be used most sparingly, preferably not at all, and it DOES NOT make the audio louder… it just appears to the human ear to be louder. If you’ve ever raced to the TV set when some obnoxious commercial comes blaring over the speaker without you (or the TV station!) having turned up the volume, you are hearing audio compression at work…

Leigh

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