https://vo.rs/tags/dynamic-range/Recent content in Dynamic Range on vo.rsHugoenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/encore/the-loudness-war/Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/encore/the-loudness-war/<p>Here is a contradiction that took me years to notice, and once you see it you cannot stop hearing it. The recorded music of the last three decades got quieter and flatter and more exhausting to listen to, while the actual live shows got louder — genuinely, measurably, ear-damagingly louder. The industry fought a decades-long war over volume in the studio and won it in the worst possible way, and the whole saga is a small tragedy about mistaking loud for good.</p>