![]() From a technical point it makes sense to record music as loud as possible to the medium, otherwise you had a bit more noise or distortion (due to quantization effects). This volume level is called 0 dBFS (decibel full scale). The highest possible value automatically defines an absolute volume limit – also called ceiling. When music is recorded to a digital medium, it is encoded as numerical values. I will explain in short what exactly is meant with it, and I will give some listening samples from Knopfler / Dire Straits recordings. There is even a Wikipedia article on this matter. The term “loudness war” is something you might have come across when talking or reading about modern music productions. ![]() Here comes an article not really related to guitar but possibly interesting for everyone who likes to listen to music.
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