There was recent article by Steven Stone titled "How Streaming Killed The Loudness War":
https://audiophilereview.com/audiophile-news/how-streaming-killed-the-loudness-war.html
It is interesting and seems plausible with automated volume leveling normalization.
Here the referenced video "The Future of Mastering: Loudness in the Age of Music Streaming" that includes an excellent presentation by mastering engineer Alan Silverman.
Here is a chart from the presentation:
This is a contributor to the vinyl resurgence.
It's ironic an hilarious that the solution is to return reduce compression to make tracks sound louder after normalization using VU meters.
- Rich
https://audiophilereview.com/audiophile-news/how-streaming-killed-the-loudness-war.html
It is interesting and seems plausible with automated volume leveling normalization.
Here the referenced video "The Future of Mastering: Loudness in the Age of Music Streaming" that includes an excellent presentation by mastering engineer Alan Silverman.
Here is a chart from the presentation:
This is a contributor to the vinyl resurgence.
It's ironic an hilarious that the solution is to return reduce compression to make tracks sound louder after normalization using VU meters.
- Rich