Comments on: Loudness Wars? How About Stupid Recurring Internet Meme Wars? (Part 1) http://music.cornwarning.com/2009/03/26/loudness-wars-how-about-stupid-recurring-internet-meme-wars-part-1/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alabama Hotpocket http://music.cornwarning.com/2009/03/26/loudness-wars-how-about-stupid-recurring-internet-meme-wars-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Alabama Hotpocket Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:12:18 +0000 http://music.cornwarning.com/?p=239#comment-1360 A CD doesn't have to be completely brickwalled to sound bad. You can have a CD that has slight headroom, and sitll no dynamics that will sound bad, "stuffy," "no air to breath," and causes ear fatigue. I want music to have feeling, dynamics, and sound that doesn't make me want to turn it off less than halfway through. Whether it be classic heavy metal, hip-hop, jazz, or even electronica. A CD doesn’t have to be completely brickwalled to sound bad. You can have a CD that has slight headroom, and sitll no dynamics that will sound bad, “stuffy,” “no air to breath,” and causes ear fatigue.

I want music to have feeling, dynamics, and sound that doesn’t make me want to turn it off less than halfway through. Whether it be classic heavy metal, hip-hop, jazz, or even electronica.

]]> By: Béla http://music.cornwarning.com/2009/03/26/loudness-wars-how-about-stupid-recurring-internet-meme-wars-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Béla Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:53:44 +0000 http://music.cornwarning.com/?p=239#comment-853 The decibels he is referring to are the differences between RMS levels of the quietest quiet part (excluding silence) and the RMS level of the loudest part. It is correctly expressed in dB because it's the difference between two dBFS values, but I believe that the negative sign is kind of pointless and distracting - Venetian snares therefore has 1.25dB dynamics, and not -1.25dB On that scale, the way you explained it, your own work would score [(-6 to -12dB RMS on fortissimo) minus (-18 to -24dB RMS on pianissimo)] = between 6 and 18dB's. I hope I have cleared up for you. The decibels he is referring to are the differences between RMS levels of the quietest quiet part (excluding silence) and the RMS level of the loudest part.
It is correctly expressed in dB because it’s the difference between two dBFS values, but I believe that the negative sign is kind of pointless and distracting – Venetian snares therefore has 1.25dB dynamics, and not -1.25dB

On that scale, the way you explained it, your own work would score [(-6 to -12dB RMS on fortissimo) minus (-18 to -24dB RMS on pianissimo)] = between 6 and 18dB’s.
I hope I have cleared up for you.

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