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Vapor Trails was the coup de grace but if I recall there was a trend leading up to it... great link below! mp ----- Original Message ----- From: "greg williams" <gregorwilliams@comcast.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:10 PM Subject: RE: Why contemporary music sounds terrible > I've read that article as well, but I just did a search for it and > apparently the link is gone. The big offender if I recall was the Rush CD > 'Vapor Trails' which is apparently universally slammed for it's distorted > 'brick wall' limiting. I remember it was quite an issue when the CD came > out. > > I did find this article with some waveform graphs though; pretty > interesting: > http://www.mindspring.com/~mrichter/dynamics/dynamics.htm > > I apologize if someone has already posted this one; I haven't read the > whole > thread. You can find other related articles if you google 'brick wall > limiting' > > ~Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Plishka [mailto:mike@michaelplishka.com] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 7:57 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Why contemporary music sounds terrible > > I'm still looking, Chris! I know I had it on my old computer before it > crashed! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@sympatico.ca> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:44 PM > Subject: Re: Why contemporary music sounds terrible > > >> Wow, being a life-long Rush fan (the first grown-up band I got into >when >> I > >> was 11), I'd love to read this! Anyubody have a link? >> >> Chris >> >> At 12:38 PM 2/26/2007, you wrote: >> >>>I know I'm joining late and this might have been mentioned somewhere >else >>>but there is an excellent article on the web that showed the evolution >>>(or >>>devolution) of music at the hand of compression and limiting. It >followed >>>the band RUSH through it's history and it was amazing to see the shape >of >>>the waveform go from a wonderful painting with shades of grey to a solid >>>black stripe.... >>> >>>Here's to the spaces in the music.... >>> >>> >>>Plish >>> >>> >>>www.myspace.com/bohdanovich >>>www.myspace.com/michaelplishka >>>www.michaelplishka.com >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>No virus found in this incoming message. >>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/702 - Release Date: >2/25/2007 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/702 - Release Date: >2/25/2007 >> >> >> >> > > >