by Kourosh | Sep 30, 2008 | Music Posts, On Music
There is a very nice article at the Wall Street Journal about the increasing amounts of compression found in today’s music. Check out my previous post on the topic. The WSJ article uses past and present Metallica albums as the focus of consideration,...
by Kourosh | Jun 18, 2007 | On Music, On Technology
The technique of compression is frequently used in editing music. Basically, one takes the quiet sounds of a piece of music and makes them louder, while essentially leaving the loud parts the same. Compression can be useful when using a wide range of dynamics over a...