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From: lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw)
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Subject: Re: Why they are killing the dynamic range?
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Date: 22 Aug 90 13:05:53 GMT
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In article <5834@uwm.edu> bellutta@irst.it (Paolo Bellutta) writes:
>TV/Radio Stations: 
>When a record is transmitted I can understand that the microphone *must* be
>compressed *and* limited so that the transmitted signal fits the FCC
>specifications, but why compress and limit the music also?  Is that for the
>fact that different records have different recording levels?  If that is the
>reason, are the level controls on the mixers used just to collect dust?  

Basically, they're greedy.  They want to be able to reach the most people
they can with their music (and advertisements).  If they compress
everything, the people in the fringe areas can hear them over the noise.
Since they can't raise the highest level (because of the FCC), they
raise the _average_ level.

>Paolo Bellutta
>I.R.S.T.                vox: +39 461 814417
>loc. Pante' di Povo     fax: +39 461 810851
>38050 POVO (TN)         e-mail: bellutta@irst.uucp
>ITALY                           bellutta%irst@uunet.uu.net

And now for my question...

How many people out there are annoyed more than words can describe that
commercials on TV are noticeably louder than the TV shows?  (almost as if
the TV shows are being limited to some level less than the level the
commercials are being limited to).  Is this as annoying to other people
as it is to me?  Is there anything we can _do_ about this?  (write 
letters to the TV stations, etc)
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