Top recording engineers explain why music sounds awful
Jimmy Douglass talked about the overuse of dynamic range compression, admitting that since most music is listened to over crappy computer speakers or cheap earbuds, compression is required to make it sound acceptable. Sad, but true.
Sad, but true, indeed. The uncertain future of music has me a little worried.
It's crazy that there's an entire generation of kids who think 256kbps MP3's listened to through Apple iPod earbuds is what music is supposed to sound like.
Even crazier is the fact that the quality of music has regressed, rather than progressed. We've gone from CD-quality audio to compressed formats such as MP3 and AAC.
Is the temptation of convenience destroying high quality audio and the future of music?
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