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kenjkelly · 13th May 2008, 08:43 AM

Home and Car stereos, and even Boom Boxes, usually have some kind of Loudness Curve correction to raise the Bass and Trebble when the "volume" is lowered (ala Fleischer Munson). In the old days an R-C circuit was attached in parallel to the volume control to provide a contant volume-loudness correction.

So, now I am wondering:
When a song is sqashed, it can be listened to at a lowered volume to get the same relative RMS effect, but when a song is left with lots of room for dynamics, the end user would turn up the volume control. Does the audio (mastering) engineer, using a Flat frequency response system, need to compensate for the fact that the end user will be affected by the user's system's built in Fleischer Munson curve correction?

13th May 2008, 08:43 AM	#1
kenjkelly Gear Head Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NorthEast USA Posts: 69	Loudness War vs Loudness Curve Home and Car stereos, and even Boom Boxes, usually have some kind of Loudness Curve correction to raise the Bass and Trebble when the "volume" is lowered (ala Fleischer Munson). In the old days an R-C circuit was attached in parallel to the volume control to provide a contant volume-loudness correction. So, now I am wondering: When a song is sqashed, it can be listened to at a lowered volume to get the same relative RMS effect, but when a song is left with lots of room for dynamics, the end user would turn up the volume control. Does the audio (mastering) engineer, using a Flat frequency response system, need to compensate for the fact that the end user will be affected by the user's system's built in Fleischer Munson curve correction?