Hello everyone,
I'm preparing a follow-up to the "Over the Limit" article, and I need your help. I want to find examples of the most abusive mastering to use in the article.
So, folks, let's put it out there. Give an example of what you consider to be the most overcompressed, overlimited CD in your collection, and document it here for the world to see.
In your example, please be sure to include the following:
- Artist & album name
- Song title of song used in example
- Mastering engineer / facility
- The following audio statistics (these can be gathered using most editors, like Wavosaur, Audition, Wavelab, and others)
- RMS power
- # clipped samples
(use a 10-second representative sample) - Images of clipped transients (use a screenshot from your editor). See this post for instructions on uploading images to ProRec.
Contributors whose examples are chosen will be credited in the article to be published later in the year! As you know, the Over the Limit article was the basis for the Wikipedia topic "Loudness War" and was reprinted in modified form in Wired, so we're sure that the follow-up will create a bigger splash. Be a part of audio history by participating!
Please post your contributions as replies to this thread.