Science and loudness

[dalethorn]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/science-music-idUSL6E8IOE3320120726

I found this reference in an Association of Computing Machinery article - the first definitive study showing the decline of music quality and increase in loudness.

 

[criminaltype]

Looks like Gramps was right all along. "You kids with your loud music and your Dan Fogelberg," indeed.

 

[Midfi deluxe]

Science has vindicated crotchety old farts. About damn time.

 

[ebacon]

That the ACM published the article is ironic.

Music sounds the same anymore because marketers use computers to figure out what spectral analysis sells best. The common sound is the convergence of an algorithm, something that ACM should be be familiar with.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[dalethorn]

That the ACM published the article is ironic. Music sounds the same anymore because marketers use computers to figure out what spectral analysis sells best. The common sound is the convergence of an algorithm, something that ACM should be be familiar with. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

A large part of propaganda and PR is convincing the public that what the big marketers do is the same as what the independents do, that is, provide music for general entertainment. As long as everyone believes it's the same and just a matter of taste, it eliminates most of the bad press that big corporations dread.