Tips for a Personal Music Archive

[ben]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:00:40 -0700, Andrew McNabb <amcnabb at mcnabbs.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:45:20AM -0700, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> If it's a home stereo, I feel the same way.  However, in my car, I would
> prefer to listen to flattened music.  The background noise from the car
> and road make it impossible to hear the subtle nuances.  It really just
> depends on the situation.

Yeah, and with different needs like this, the answer is to put compressors
on the car stereo, the playback device, not on the mix/master.  That would
make things in the car listenable without destroying the home experience
and fidelity of the recording.

This exactly what FM radio does.  They have super multi-band compressors to
control the signal (for modulation bandwidth reasons) as well as provide a
uniform listening experience.

-Ben