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Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio compression on radio, was Re: [ARSCLIST] Libraries disposing of records
Very true !! I remember that myself, it drove me crazy. Then again, I
have the curse of perfect pitch, so it would....
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Libraries disposing of records
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From: "Scott Phillips" <scottp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ..and the 'reissued' stamp is there. Not to say that old recordings
> were always better, there has always been carelessness and
> incompetence regardless of era....
>
> That said, stations have always gone for loud within their allowed
> bandwidth, and pumping and breathing from an aggressive broadcast
> compressor added to a poor reissue is a bad mixture. However, even if
> stations were to themselves back away from the 'loudest' mindset,
> (after 60 years? Get real !!) they would still face legal limitations
> that would at best exaggerate today's poorly mixed and mastered
recordings.
>
Well, back in my youth of AM mono car radios, they tinkered with speed
rather than volume...the whole idea was to play records 5% or so fast,
leaving more time for (profitable) commercials...
Steven C. Barr