Fruitbane I'd disagree. Just because the final 16/44.1 mix has been compressed to hell doesn't mean the analog, DSD, DXD or 24/96 (24/192) masters have been.

Go back to the source material and wonders can happen. Just listen to what they were able to do with the original 16/44.1 source masters of Brothers in Arms with today's equipment.

Unfortunately, you can't truly undo the work of an overzealous mixer/soldier in the loudness war. No software manipulation can restore the fullness of clipped music.

You sound an awful lot like Maddox.

I have a secret wish that one day, all CDs will return to late-80s/early-90s mastering standards. Even if I know it's totally utopic and very unlikely to happen soon. But having dreams cannot hurt. ^^

i guess the music industry wants to start getting into hearing loss aid because sales are down for artists.

Thanks for the video - great work! (BTW why is commenting disabled on the video -- too much controversy about the matter? ;))

Well ... for electronic music or productions which use 100% electronic equipment, I can say more compression is *NOT* always equal to distortion. See, there must be made a distinction between music *containing real acoustic instruments* and music which does not contain real acoustic instruments at all.

An example would be Apollo 440 or Telefon Tel Aviv. Or some pop productions, with everything coming from studio equipment: no real guitars, no real bass, no real drums.
Those are, when high(er) compression is applied, by far not as prone to distortion as acoustic productions are.

another example is 4 minutes to save the world from maddona and justin. when i hear it i cant understand the voices and the sounds :-(

You speak the truth.

Being a producer myself, I encounter a lot of this myself. However, I produce club music, so its a GOOD thing! Wall of sound and perceived loudness are great things in club oriented tracks!

You also didn't mention the use of limiters to induce clipping and digital distortion, which is another problem in todays music.

What software are you using? Wavelab?

Anyways, nice job. I link a lot of people to this video, because its easy enough for anyone to understand!

Keep it up!

Great work, man. Keep it up.

What usefull and jet disturbing knowledge!

thanks