[BC] Digital Intgerference (was AM Interference)

[cldube]

Bob Orban wrote-
"In his book "Mastering Audio" (_highly_ recommended for anyone doing audio production or adjusting 
audio processing) mastering engineer Bob Katz has called hypercompressed music 
"small-sounding," which is exactly what it is after a listen adjusts the 
volume control on his/her radio to taste. Katz has observed that 
hypercompressed audio sounds best when played at background music levels, 
and that this kind of processing is so subliminally irritating that it 
makes people want to turn down the volume of their playback systems. "

Some of this is distilled nicely here- if you haven't seen this. A highly recommended reference-
http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=1/

There is also an interesting article regarding this subject in January's MIX magazine.
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_big_squeeze/


Chuck Dube
Amherst,  MA