Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Fwd: [Jamin] Re: soft clip: Achieving Gain, inconsequential overloads
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 11:26:22 EEST
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 07:00:34 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 18:47, davidrclark_AT_earthlink.net wrote:
> > Hey Mark,
> >
> > I don't think it's any accident that people who like distortion guitars also
> > like them loud. So I think there's more to it that "I'm louder than you."
>
> You know, in all of my time spent messing with Pro Tools, and being
> involved in the forums where a lot of us have shared our music for
> critical comment, the only comment I've EVER heard about my mixes not
> being loud enough is that people don't want to be bothered dealing with
> the volume control on their system. It has NEVER been that making the
> mix louder makes the mix sound better than just turning the stereo up to
> make them louder. It's always been far more that when people are playing
> one mix from me and one mix from another person they just want them all
> to be consistently loud so that they all sound about the same.
Ahh, but thats the same thing. Youre being asked to compete with other
people who /are/ driving the sound hard against the limit. If you're at
the quiet end of the spectrum you music will sound less good that it
should to the people who aren't willing to touch the dial.
You dont have to play of course. Some "experimental" (I hate that term)
musicians seem to delight in making you mess with the volume knob to hear
anything or to avoid pain.
- Steve
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