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The [COMPRESSED] history of music mastering
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Compressors and Dynamic Range Compression
The spread of digital technology caused seismic shifts in the music industry. Dynamic range compression clamps down the loudest parts of a track so they're closer to the quietest parts. There's this ceiling, basically, above which you can't go any higher. If hyper-compression can degrade the sound quality of a song, why would an artist ever want it? And how did all of this affect the future of the music industry?
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