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Learn the surprising secret of 'how to sound loud in the 21st century' - as demonstrated by U2:
U2′s surprising secret for sounding loud in the 21st century.
To watch Ian Shepherd's full presentation at AES Mexico last year, click here.
Bob Katz, a respected audio engineer, reckons the Loudness War will soon be over because of the launch of iTunes new streaming service iTunes Radio. The default setting on iTunes Radio is for every song to be normalised to the same volume settings, meaning that whatever level a song was mastered at, it will play at the same volume as the song before it.
I wanted to learn why some songs are produced to be louder than others, so I talked to audio engineer Ian Shepherd from Dynamic Range Day. Click to read full article.
HAS THE LAST BATTLE OF THE LOUDNESS WAR BEEN WON ?
“The debilitating loudness war has finally been won,” said mastering engineer Bob Katz on the eve of the Audio Engineering Society AES Convention in New York City. The last battle will be over by mid-2014.”
“I have just completed loudness measurements of iTunes Radio using iTunes version 11.1.1. Tunes Radio’s audio levels are fully-regulated, using Apple’s Sound Check™ algorithm. This is a very important development,” Katz said.
via Digital Domain.
"We overcooked it," bassist/singer Geddy Lee tells Rolling Stone now. "The mixes were really loud and brash. The mastering job was harsh and distorted."
Eleven years after the album came out, Rush fixed the situation by hiring producer David Bottrill to remix the album. "He understood what it should sound like," he says, "so I'm very pleased with the end result. I think he's finally brought some completion and some justice to some of those songs we'd put so much of our heart and soul into."
Rush Remix Their Polarizing Album Vapor Trails - Premiere | Music News | Rolling Stone.
Great rection to Ian Shepherd's talk at the AES Mexico Convention:
Lust For Level - audio perception and the battle for great sound
Afterwards there is a 40-minute Q&A on DRD, the loudness wars and mastering in general.
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