#scienceofsound #loudness The issue of loudness can be seen as an opportunity for the audio industry to get back to a more creative and quality-driven approach to the business of mixing audio. Mixing to meet loudness specifications will bring about a greater awareness of what is happening within a mix, and should help reduce the occurrence of problems, such as indistinct dialogue and poor balance from one programme segment to the next. The industry should also begin to rely less on the hyper-compression that crushes the dynamic range of the original audio source. We will soon be hearing less relentlessly loud and very intrusive hyper-compressed audio and more of the dynamic range that can really command the attention rather than cause viewers to lunge for the mute button. Better audio means happier viewers and if you produce audio for broadcast, you are almost certainly going to have to deal with the new standards. But the introduction of such a fundamental change in the way we measure audio is bound to raise some questions… onlineupsite.info/technology/3477-Common-questionsmisconceptions-about-loudness.html?archive_year=2013&archive_month=01&status=-1
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 16:37:00 +0000
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