The [COMPRESSED] history of music mastering
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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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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