Music recording and reproduction technologies have come light years beyond where they were 100, 20, even 5 years ago.
But there is an underlying issue that is growing... The pervasiveness of "make the music louder through overall compression."
Music wave forms should look something like an earthquake measured on a seismograph. Different heights and valleys; different frequencies and different volumes...
But, as popular music is evolving, too much compression is now used in a great many recordings. The waveform of the sound of over-compressed sound looks like a Slinky(tm). There is a uniform peak height and almost a completely uniform set of rings. In real life, good sound has peaks, valleys, highs, lows, louds, softs, and nuance. In over-compressed sound, huge amounts of sound are clipped off above and below the soundwave to make the recording louder.
Be a part of the next evolution: make your recordings have depth and beautiful irregular soundwaves. Don't give in to the loudness and compression race - even if it means your music is quieter than the piece played before and after your music.
It's worth it to preserve ALL the sound you have.
We MUST trust the listener to know how to use their own volume knobs.
