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The Loudness War

Matt Mayfield Music
6.94K subscribers
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2.6M views 18 years ago
Spring 2016 - check out my updated course, Foundations of Digital Audio, at http://www.lynda.com/Acoustics-tutori... HD version of this video and petition to end the Loudness War here: https://www.change.org/p/music-stream... Big-name CD manufacturers are distorting sounds to make them seem louder. Sound quality suffers. NOTE: Use headphones if listening on a mobile device. Phones and tablets usually apply their own dynamic range compression on their built-in speakers, which hides the effect of this example. This video was made with image editing software and a screen capture program for the visuals, and a DAW (Digital Performer 4.5) to process the audio. Thanks to everyone for watching! - Matt Mayfield, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA ...more
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The Loudness War
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2006Oct 7
Spring 2016 - check out my updated course, Foundations of Digital Audio, at http://www.lynda.com/Acoustics-tutori... HD version of this video and petition to end the Loudness War here: https://www.change.org/p/music-stream... Big-name CD manufacturers are distorting sounds to make them seem louder. Sound quality suffers. NOTE: Use headphones if listening on a mobile device. Phones and tablets usually apply their own dynamic range compression on their built-in speakers, which hides the effect of this example. This video was made with image editing software and a screen capture program for the visuals, and a DAW (Digital Performer 4.5) to process the audio. Thanks to everyone for watching! - Matt Mayfield, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Matt Mayfield Music

6.94K subscribers