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The Loudness War: Do Louder, Hypercompressed Recordings Sell Better?

2011; Audio Engineering Society; Volume: 59; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

1549-4950

Earl Vickers,

Music Technology and Sound Studies

The term refers to the ongoing competitive increase in the loudness of commercially distributed music. While this increase has been facilitated by the use of dynamic range compression, limiting, and clipping, the underlying cause is the belief that louder recordings sell better. This paper briefly reviews some possible side effects of the loudness war and presents evidence questioning the assumption that loudness is significantly correlated to listener preference and sales ranking.