[LAU] Decompressor for linux?

[Ralph Bluecoat]

It's not possible to "undo" the mastering job once it has been bounced.
You'll sadly have to live with it.

Sorry for your ears,

-R

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org> wrote:

> It's been a while since I did anything with linux audio, or even had much
> to do with music, but now I'm attempting to listen to music that has been
> recently released, and find it unlistenable.
>
> The mastering! The compression! It burns!! It burns!!! Auugh, my ears!!
>
> I mean, it's obviously distorted. I can hear the clipping. People are
> putting out released tracks that I can't listen to without getting a
> splitting headache.
>
> Is there any such thing that I might be able to pipe into an ALSA or JACK
> setup, which would repair these broken tracks?
>
> It's sad. It's like people are mastering for laptop speakers, cellphone
> speakers, or earbuds, and nothing else.
>
> FWIW, as an example, I've just stumbled across the music of Amanda Palmer,
> downloaded her latest album, I think the music is great, or could be, but I
> can't listen to it because of the mastering.
>
> -ken
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