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Re: Modern music, mastering, and the "loudness war"
I have noticed that too.
It's very interesting to compare "classical" music with popular music. When you play in a concert band or orchestra, the goal in dynamics is to make your "pp" (very piano, or quiet) VERY VERY soft and yet keep your sound quality high, and same goes for "ff" (very forte, or loud), play loudly but keep the sound quality to a maximum. Often if I listen to a good recording of a "classical" piece through speakers, I sometimes have to adjust MY speakers' volume so I can hear certain parts or tone down the volume on others. (This obviously wouldn't apply if you were listening to it live.) One of my favorite examples of this is La Mer by Debussy.
It seems like in popular music the goal is just the opposite; most popular music has a pretty constant dynamics. And the effect of making it "loud" is just to remove the up's and down's: The hearer will naturally adjust the volume of their speakers/headphones to their liking... so you end up with exactly what you have described... a "flatlining" of dynamics. This is funny to me, because in the concert bands and small ensembles I have played flute in over the years, THIS WAS THE ABSOLUTE NO-NO that would make your music sound as boring and unappealing as it could be!!
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Re: Modern music, mastering, and the "loudness war"
they do this with comercials on tv too
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Re: Modern music, mastering, and the "loudness war"
 Originally Posted by nixer
they do this with comercials on tv too
Totally, sometimes it's really helpful...especially to hear what people are saying. It's not all bad, I just wanted an excuse to make my de-motivational poster. 
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Re: Modern music, mastering, and the "loudness war"
 Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj
(No, I'm not saying Metallica sucks).
JonV
You won't, but I will. As far as I'm concerned they haven't made a good album since the black album.
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Re: Modern music, mastering, and the "loudness war"
 Originally Posted by RedDevil
You won't, but I will. As far as I'm concerned they haven't made a good album since the black album.
hahahaha.....that was some good stuff back in those days!
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Re: Modern music, mastering, and the "loudness war"
everything before the black album was before they hooked up with producer bob rock. metallica's black album was what it sounds like when bob rock kills your band. bob rock is also responsible for the execution of motley crue via the dr. feelgood album.
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