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Holy fuck, I am feeling the weight lifting; over twenty years of carrying the stressors (it concerns the music). I will try to explain later, maybe, but it does pertain to what they call the Loudness Wars, which began around the 90s (I think) and which I succumbed to, fell for... like when I got that first digital multitrack recorder back in 2005, and tried, tried, tried, stressed, stressed, stressed, failing, always failing, to get a final mix that sounded as loud as something produced professionally. Well now I know. Because I was comparing my stuff to music that had been remastered during the Loudness Wars. Well yeah, no wonder. Except now I have to go back and redo everything (yet again - I've lost count how many times I've had to redo everything (again).
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Noh16h
I love it, revelation revolution!
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I found a channel on youtube with single 45s (uploaded from original vinyl) from the 70s. Youtube has this feature called Stats for Nerds, which shows if or how much the audio was turned down or not touched for the Youtube platform. And yeah, a lot of them are noticeably 'quieter' than what is produced these days (or what has been 'remastered' for modern standards). Revelation revolution indeed.
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Noh16h
Very interesting. My only audio work has been with narration and even for just that I remember being constantly frustrated that there was no mentorship or advice on bridging the gap between natural recordings and "production" quality. I get that it's a trade secret, but as a human, I would much prefer more creatives succeeding than a billion dollar corp being the only ones with the methods.
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Well I am definitely no audio engineer, so I certainly don't speak as an expert, and a lot of the technical stuff is way over my head. It's tended to be one of the weaker aspects of my understanding. But... now that I'm doing research, namely the historical side, well I'm equally pissed off and happy so words are struggling to form coherently.
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Noh16h
I don't even think of "expert" and "amateur" anymore. At this age, I only consider a mark of expertise as "how deep in the forums are you?" haha
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Like... example. Miss You by the Rolling Stones. I'm listening to the vinyl 45 version and the more modern remastered version. Yes, the former is notably 'quieter', but it is also much warmer, bigger, spacious, etc. Don't know if that gets the idea across.
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Noh15h
Yeah, it's like their studios have some undetectable harmonic tracks or something. I know what you mean.
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