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Originally Posted by Tropicana  Oke, I understand but then which of the two will sound the best you think?
it means the more dynamics the track the better it sounds on the radio right?
The one with more dynamics or the one which is overcompressed? |
It kinda depends: For the most part, these airchains are designed and tweaked with the expectation of the "typical" processing of whatever format they're running. So yes, I have (rarely) heard some really dynamic stuff come up in a playlist that tended to "fool" their gear into over-reacting. But the newer processors are much more capable of handling that sort of thing than the old stuff was back when Phil Spector was tailoring his old stuff for AM.
By and large, I'd say that second-guessing your work specifically in anticipation of broadcast is a bad idea, except to bear in mind that anything below 40hz and above 15khz will be absolutely non-existent on the air (and anything above 3khz will be severely de-essed).
Frankly, I'm amazed that the amount of violence done to the signal in preparation for air renders anything bearing any resemblance
at all to the original material being played!
When I consider just how little dynamic range is left in most music these days, I have to wonder if the "music of the future" will be anything short of pure pink noise!