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In Reply to: Re: Euphonic Compression posted by RandyB on November 11, 2002 at 21:36:30:
Doesn't this seem totally backwards?Consider a brass marching band. It is loud and it has transient peaks like no tomorrow. Is it painful, unpleasant? No.
I suggest that "unpleasantness" and "too loud" as perceived by listeners to stereo systems are the result of overloads -- and the resulting distortion -- somewhere in the reproduction chain. And that compression, no matter how accomplished, is at best a band-aid solution to these problems.
Regarding tape recording. IIRC, the principal consequence of recording at "+" VU meter settings is an increase in harmonic distortion. That produces the "fat sound," just as has been demonstrated with amps that produce a lot of harmonic distortion when driven hard but not to the point of clipping the waveform.
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- Re: Euphonic Compression - Bruce from DC 08:35:42 11/12/02 (1)
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