Fear and insecurity drives the train on more levels than we'd like to admit. It's a sad reality when those with the power to reach out through music repeatedly give that power over to others less in touch with music's potential, and even lose contact with the source in themselves. There is a line in the sand for dynamics and distortion, for everyone and every project, and I often push that line to the edge as I'm sure we all do ... but I keep looking for and believing in a line.
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Originally Posted by sonicdefault  On a side note, I've found it disturbing how the loudness wars has crept into some tv commercials. Anyone around here been asked to crank up the volume for tv spots? I think this has a reverse effect. It seems most people seem to be quite sensitive to their tv volume, and the first thing that usually happens when a extra loud commercial comes on, is a quick reach for the mute button on the remote. |
For sure ... Tivo baby. A friend does music for TV in LA and they ask him for modest levels and full dynamics. It was my assumption that commercials were simply slammed with compression/limiting at broadcast???