god, the 2012 remasters of a bunch of ELO songs aren't nearly as good as the earlier ones lmaooooo
@sc oh yeah, looks like they just crushed the dynamic range out of reissues:
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=electric+light+orchestra&album=
@mallaidh ...wait what's dynamic range?
@sc the difference in loudness between quiet and loud parts in the mix. when you hear a drum kinda *kick* in a noticeable way, that's because it's loud in that very short period of time. more to explain than fits in a toot or that i know, but this is a good demonstration of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v6ML2DsBfA
i also recommend looking up the loudness war
@mallaidh can you explain the loudness war to me like i'm six? i've heard it before but i wanna make sure it's what i'm thinking of
@sc it's the trend among record labels, etc. to just make stuff louder by removing the dynamic range. it kinda took off with digital mastering and editing, because it was suddenly much easier to just make the entire track *loud*. marketing was convinced that customers wanted this lousy mastering, so everyone was competing to make their releases like that. in the process, every instrument becomes the loudest in the mix and it just isn't as nice to listen to. sorta like hearing a giant drum in a quiet room versus hearing it while you've got a vacuum cleaner running, there's not that sudden *boom* that stands out