Dynamic Range Day 2015 • Friday March 27th

Link:
http://www.DynamicRangeDay.com


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The Dynamic Range Day Award
About the award

The Dynamic Range Day Award is given annually to a great-sounding, dynamic album - proving
that music doesn’t have to be crushed to be popular and successful.

To be considered for the award, an album must meet at least one of the following requirements:

• The overall Integrated Loudness must be no higher than -11 LUFS as measured with an R128 meter

• OR the complete album must measure no less than DR8 on the TT Meter

Simply post your suggestion via Twitter or the Facebook page and we’ll take a listen !

How and why do we choose these values ?

Dynamic Range Day is all about the real-world sound, not the numbers – and to claim that DR16+ is a “requirement” for great sound simply doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

The aim of the award is to highlight mainstream releases which sound great and haven’t been “smashed”. Values of <-11 LUFS or >DR10 will probably sound better than the minimum requirements for the award, but it is possible to get great sound at even higher levels, so these values have been chosen to reflect that.
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"Steve Lillywhite, Bob Ludwig, Guy Massey, Ian Shepherd and others discuss the Loudness Wars and Dynamic Range Day"



Check out what Bob Ludwig says at 2:05 >>>

"...XM Sirius would like to have the opposite now. They would like to have records specially done for them that are more dynamic than the commercially released records are. Because their system can broadcast that better."

 

My suggestion: Shadows In The Night (Bob Dylan).
Have no Twitter or Facebook though..

 

Yes, I wish I had the chance to turn up the volume on my system!

Please, let us still use the volume knob!

 

Dynamic Range Day ‏@DynamicRangeDay
This is huge. YouTube just put the final nail in the Loudness War’s coffin
http://productionadvice.co.uk/youtube-loudness/

Dynamic Range Day ‏@DynamicRangeDay
Over 90,000 unique views of my @YouTube #LoudnessWars post in the first 22 hours… who says people don't care ? http://productionadvice.co.uk/youtube-loudness/

 

@amoergosum What if you don't use Twitter or Facebook?

 

Sorry, I don't know.

 

Dynamic Range Day @DynamicRangeDay
MORE prizes added to the @DynamicRangeDay competition - over $10,000 now - and more ways to win ! http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/comp-live/

 

Ian Shepherd @ianshepherd
Engineer @JuroMezDavis & @jcolenc chose to NOT compete in the #loudnesswars with #2014ForestHillsDrive. Result: https://storify.com/Ian_Shepherd/j-cole-versus-the-loudness-war…


Ian Shepherd @ianshepherd
Hear @jcolenc talking about the decision on @nprhiphop https://soundcloud.com/npr-microphone-check/j-cole-it-aint-enough-of-us-trying#t=16m29s…

 

Dynamic Range Day ‏@DynamicRangeDay
The shortlist for the 2015 Dynamic Range Day Award has been announced - who do you think should win ? http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/award/

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And the 2015 shortlist is…

• Mark Ronson – Uptown Special (DR8)
• D’Angelo – Black Messiah (DR8)
• Aphex Twin – Computer Controlled Instruments PT2 EP (DR8)
• Jack White – Lazaretto (DR10)
• Opeth – Pale Communion (DR11)
• Tir Eolas - Stories Sung, Truths Told (DR9)
• Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. (DR11)
• The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream (DR8)
• Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots (DR10)
• Paulo Nutini – Caustic Love (DR9)

"

 

Sad DR values. In the 80's an early 90's albums on CD measured DR12-DR15!

 

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"the complete album must measure no less than DR8 on the TT Meter"

So 4 albums on that shortlist have a DR of only DR8 which is the absolute minimum in order to get accepted.
In my opinion the minimum should be DR9 or DR10.

 

The problem with going by album ratings is that it's just an average. Some songs can be brickwalled while others are not.

For example with "Lost in the Dream", min DR = 5, max DR = 10

 

These 3 sound pretty good on digital:

• Jack White – Lazaretto (DR10)

• Opeth – Pale Communion (DR11)

• Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. (DR11)

 

Agreed. An album that has a DR of 8 still sounds too compressed.

 

Unfortunately DR ratings have no concept of analogue vs. digital compression. I've heard albums with a DR rating of 6 that sound fine, and others that gave me a headache.

 

DRD goal (DR8) is pretty pathetic, IMO ... I still fail to grasp why purposely adding distortions to the final mix in mastering (via compression or peak-limiting) is necessary. I think, it goes against common sense & best practices.

 

So is this for CDs only? While a niche artist, I loved Eluveitie's Origins on vinyl (DR14) versus the CD (DR7). Best argument I have seen yet for buying a vinyl over a CD.

 

On Friday 27th March

"Watch the live webinar @ 22:30 UK Time - Four foolproof ways to ensure your music has great dynamics, plus the announcement of the Award and Competition winners"
>>>
http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/webcast-2015/

 

YouTube just put the final nail in the Loudness War’s coffin

 

Not the first time somebody has proclaimed the end of the loudness war, replaygain/soundcheck have also rendered loudness irrelevant and have been around for years.

 

I watched Ian's video Hangout last year on D.R. day. In regards to YouTube, I suggest you read Mark Waldrep's blog(www.realhd-audio.com) on the subject.

 

dr8! ROFL Thank you! This is even better than ... anything else here.