14 Apr
2004
14 Apr
'04
11:40 a.m.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:12:35PM +0100, Anahata wrote:
There is a case for compressing music when it's
listened to in a noisy
environment. Sadly that's almost everywhere these days, but in a car is
is good common example of an environment where sound compression is
really helpful. I've tried it with a minidisc of some chamber music, and
while the result isn't terribly musical, at least it's nearly all
audible while driving.
I've had exactly the same experience, I'd prefer it is car minidisc
players and FM radios (MP3 and DAB now I guess :) had builtin compressors,
and music wasn't so compressed at source. Sadly "louder is better" to
humans.
Radio 3 in the UK makes very little use of compressors, but they are the
only one I know of.
- Steve