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Metallica Guitar Hero Release Has Higher Quality Than CDs

Posted by Soulskill on from the facepalm dept.

Last week Metallica released a new album, Death Magnetic, on traditional CDs as well as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III. Fans quickly noticed that the sound quality on the CD version was noticeably below-par, thanks to the recording studio's decision to sacrifice range for loudness. However, the tracks released for Guitar Hero III made no such sacrifice, as proved by Mastering Engineer Ian Shepherd. NME found an audio clip comparing the two tracks. This comes alongside statements from Activision claiming that Aerosmith's recent venture into Guitar Hero is generating more success for the band than their actual albums.

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  1. Recent "loudness war" discussion on /. by Graywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    FYI, the "loudness war" topic has been discussed on Slashdot lots of times, most recently here: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/23/1219205

    1. Re:Recent "loudness war" discussion on /. by Cow+Jones · · Score: 4, Informative

      Ah, here I am, replying to myself. I'm sorry, but just in case there's somebody out there who isn't conviced yet, here are a few prime examples:

      one of the most cited examples
      The Smiths - How Soon Is Now

      The Wikipedia has a great article about it, too, as usual.

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