Re: Mastering Pointers

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

Bernie Krause, you wrote,

>At the end of the chain, however, if one really needs to hear all
>things at all times at the same (or nearly the same) level, a
>Multicom Pro XL system can be installed in the playback amplifier
>chain that compresses as much as the listener wants, really leveling
>and "smoothing" out apparent and actual loudness. Restaurants that
>play their own CD or iPod selections, use this system almost
>exclusively. That takes the issue completely out of the hands of the
>audio producer/mixer and leaves destructive decisions to the listener.

I've heard there's a new process coming called "Dolby Volume" that (I
think) addresses reducing dynamic range for some listening situations
without compromising the recording. I presume it's built on their
experience with the DVD encoding variable "dialnorm."

-Dan Dugan