Tuesday, March 22, 2011

[oxjtsmdr] High and low dynamic range versions of a song

They complain that iPods and car stereos, that is, people listening to music in noisy environments, are killing music by decreasing the dynamic range of songs ("loud, just loud").

A simple, slightly costly, solution is to release two versions of a song, one high dynamic range for quiet environments and one low.  People can tell the expressivity difference, but can choose the one that fits the environment.

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