Re: [LAU] Limiters?

From: fred <f.rech@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Jul 12 2011 - 00:01:51 EEST

Le 11/07/2011 22:59, Folderol a écrit :
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:33:37 +0200
> Hartmut Noack<zettberlin@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> Am 11.07.2011 22:03, schrieb Arnold Krille:
>>
>>> On Monday 11 July 2011 21:43:41 Folderol wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:04:44 -0400
>>>>
>>>> "S. Massy"<lists@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I won't jump into this fray of art vs. technique, as its just too dicey.
>>>>> I agree with you, Fons, on the distortion introduced by limiting; but do
>>>>> you have any theory as to why most people actually seem to like it? My
>>>>> experience is that people seem to feel lightly compressed, open mixes
>>>>> are weak, but will take to a "brutalised" mix enthusiastically. Do you
>>>>> have a theory? Also, aren't we a bit of a slave to whatever people
>>>>> happen to like, however much we might feel it is inferior?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> S.M.
>>>>>
>>>> I wonder if it is simply the fact that the distortion gives us a clue that
>>>> the equipment is working as hard as it can. I've noticed that Fuzz on a
>>>> guitar seems to make it sound louder than a clean signal that is actually
>>>> a far higher amplitude. More 'width' seems to outweigh more 'height'.
>>>>
>>> I think (at least) for distorted guitars its the amount of high-frequencies
>>> that counts to our ears.
>>>
>> These are the formats that shape consonats and thus they are most
>> important if people talk to each other. The hearing tends to focus on
>> them to make sure one catches the words of the other. So distorted
>> Guitars "sound" louder than their amplitude would suggest.
>>
> Which just goes to show that whoever 'invented' ears was either a genius or a
> sadist (or possibly both) LOL
>
or let everyone make his choice, something lmike subjectivity :::
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