Am I getting too old for this?

[Tom Wells]

The idea of an preset index that's dynamic...hmmm.
Could work, but sounds like more work to set up than doing a proper view/modify/edit of the audio in each file.
Then you'd adjust the processor in the data? A nightmare in designing a uniform and acceptable database/methodology/etc.
I depend on my own production of audio files to ensure the best sound across many types of music.

I did upload a file to sendspace of a sample of the Capitol 45 release of Paperback Writer.
It has been "weirded" at the end to make it a "non-viable" copy. PM for a link.

I'd say they DID have that huge bass hit/thwack/boom "souond" happening earlier, most notably the beginning of "I Feel Fine".

Maybe that one was an accident, and Paperback Writer was sucess in getting that sound dependably into the product.

 

[reelyreal]

Here's a thought: There's a demand for music that sounds like this.

Yes, those trained in critical listening hear what's wrong.

No, I don't enjoy it.

Isn't there a possibility that those listening to modern music like what they're hearing?

 

[TomZ]

A child born into poverty and genetic distortions looks at his mother and truly believes she is the most beautiful creature while she's providing food and comfort.

So goes the music and radio business.

 

[Studio1]

Unfortunately even the older songs form 80s and 90s that sound great, get to be "re-mastered", meaning squashed and unsophisticatedly clipped
It's sometimes very hard to find the original master. All you get are these overly processed versions that lost the impact and dynamics of the original.

Regards,
Goran Tomas

but when FM stereo arrived in 1982, they were still playing music off vinyl

1982?

Yes, the first commercial FM station started here in 1982, and within a year there were two more. We did have some experimental and short-term FM stations operating prior to this.

Oh, did I mention I am at the bottom of the world, in New Zealand? LOL.

 

[cgould]

Hi:

I think the Omnia 11 has source density detection to help keep the audio consistent from time to time?

Hi -

This topic is a big one for many of us designing audio processors these days!

Yes, the Omnia.11 does have this. We have been working hard at solutions in our latest gear with the goal of helping to tame this issue...
There is plenty of room to improve on these ideas more, and this is an area of research that is VERY active with us.

...And the other guys too, I'm sure. ;-)

-C

 

[GeneSavage]

Another poster may have been hinting at this program, but I'd like to humbly recommend CuteStudio's SeeDeClip. It's $35, and it's not as good as having an uncompressed master... but it has (with varying degrees of success) brought a number of recordings back to life.

There's a streaming audio version that is supposed to work on the fly, but I haven't tried it yet. I tend to process files and have the program save them at 32 bits; then I go in and adjust the peaks manually until the average RMS is equal in both channels.

The website doesn't do much for me, and the GUI of the program does even less, but I tried the demo and had to have it. I've used it now for six or more months, and will hardly feed a song into the system without running it through here first. (Sometimes even if it DOESN'T look clipped!)

It can only fix clipping; it doesn't fix density. It also seems to have issues if your input file has a bit depth of 32 bits. I've also tried running a file through twice, to no avail: it only increases the peaks it already found.

This may be too much for a short-staffed radio station, but for personal use... I love it.

http://www.cutestudio.net/data/products/audio/index.php