• ccunix@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We used to call it “compression” and itwas an essential part of the recording process. It seems TV shows don’t do that anymore.

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        1 year ago

        I know, but do TV shows to it?

        I understand that it dynamic range is necessary and having none is terrible (look up “loudness wars” in the recording industry), but it seems TV shows are no longer mastered for a actual home consumption.

        Back in the day, we would work on our nice studio monitors, switch to a pair of NS10s to make sure it would sound good on a cheap Hifi, but we would also make it sound good on something garbage. Sometimes (always in fact) this was to the detriment of how sound on good gear, but 99% of people use garbage.