There is [on many home amps] something called 'midnight mode' which is
the same thing, compression of the digital signal to facilitate low
level listening without losing quieter details [i.e. dialogue].
Danny
--- In Dan Dugan <> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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