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Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness)
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Loudness Wars
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Artists (some) seem to have an attenuation syndrome too
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The LOUD Treatment
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I have littlie enthusiasm that “it” might be better…
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Some artists take the trouble
6582
Thirsty Horses, Water & Bio-Recordings
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Well, there are some good recordings out there...
6581
At least it is how my mind works
6580
The story of a guy, who is overload by his willing to make a good pun
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Copyright
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It is not an assertion but a well-defined position...
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Roomy explains the nazism
6577
The Uncompressing of Mr. Hitler's Ego
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Mr. Hitler's Ego Part II
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Actually a good analogy
6577
That was the whole point of the analogy.
6576
Compressing history
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The benefit of compression or the good compression.
6574
Noise reduction and editing
6573
An alligator is a “bigger fried fish".
6573
A contra-compression tool – the Injection Channel.
6573
Compression bandages
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Compression bandage Part II
6570
It all depends from many factors….
6570
Mystery injection
6570
The "Future of Music" by Spectrum.IEEE.org
6569
Good Compression: Low Level Extension by Pacific?
6565
Instead of fixing technologies let kill the people.
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It is a worrying state of affairs
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Turn Me Up!™ - It has a lot of good links.
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The value of such a direction?
6176
The loudest sells the most?
6176
Even the Wall Street Journal recognizes there is a problem with recording engineers...
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Behind the scenes of a concerto recording
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I think lately about POSITIVE benefits of SOME compression.
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Not Black and White, but...
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Gain VS distortion
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It is not about compression but about how to do deal with it.
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Compression, not just amplitude
5992
The the right amount and the properly applied type.
5992
Right amount of wrong notes?
5992
High-res : Second priority
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On compression
5958
The LP Analogy
5958
NPR: The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse
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Cause for optimism ?
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Mr eno has lost his hearing
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