So I bought a whole load of new tracks recently and noticed the waveforms in traktor looked decidedly flat with hardly any peaks or space.
On further inspection i checked out a few of the tracks in sound studio and loads of the wave has been clipped off in effort to make the track loud as possible.
I know that the loudness wars have been raging for some time but nearly every track I have bought recently was really badly clipped.
Is everyone getting used to this flat, clipped sound and loudness is all that matters these days?
From everything I have read you don't want to start clipping your waveform but I would say that 20 out of the 30 new tracks were all severely clipped.
Many of these tracks were brand new releases from well known producers as well!
Thoughts on this would be great.....is quieter better than louder?
The forum won't let me upload a pic for some reason so here's a link to one of the waveforms i'm talking about...
http://djrezonate.tumblr.com/image/31892077909
On further inspection i checked out a few of the tracks in sound studio and loads of the wave has been clipped off in effort to make the track loud as possible.
I know that the loudness wars have been raging for some time but nearly every track I have bought recently was really badly clipped.
Is everyone getting used to this flat, clipped sound and loudness is all that matters these days?
From everything I have read you don't want to start clipping your waveform but I would say that 20 out of the 30 new tracks were all severely clipped.
Many of these tracks were brand new releases from well known producers as well!
Thoughts on this would be great.....is quieter better than louder?
The forum won't let me upload a pic for some reason so here's a link to one of the waveforms i'm talking about...
http://djrezonate.tumblr.com/image/31892077909
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