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Is Louder Better?

Posted by michael on from the mastering-mastering dept.

GoodNicsTken writes "Rip Rowan over at prorec.com did an analysis of 5 different Rush CD's released from 1984 to 2002. The results show a definite trend in the recording/mastering style from each album. Rip contends that louder is not necessarily better as the record execs believe. The artist however, is often left with little choice in the matter."

2 of 544 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I totally agree. by mugnyte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    nice one! mod parent up with your spare pts

  2. Re:How could he differentiate one album from anoth by dbrower · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    easy-- following the logic, when you put them on shuffle play in your cd changer, the newer ones are louder. By the logic PolySutra A&R, this makes the new ones better.

    -dB

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