Loudness war (English Wikipedia)

Joe Gross (2 October 2006), Everything Louder Than Everything Else, Austin 360, archived from the original on 19 October 2006, retrieved 24 November 2010

baltimoresun.com

articles.baltimoresun.com

Emery, Chris (25 November 2007). "Audio gain in volume signals loss for listeners". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

bbc.co.uk

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billboard.com

Matt Medved. "Taylor Swift's '1989' Is Louder Than AC/DC's 'Back in Black' – Here's Why". Billboard. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

bravewords.com

"Earache Records Closes Chapter On "Loudness War" With Full Dynamic Range Vinyl Reissues". BraveWords. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

countryweekly.com

"Miranda Lambert - Revolution". Country Weekly. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009.

digido.com

Bob Katz. "The Loudness War Has Been Won: Press Release". Retrieved 6 February 2014.

doi.org

Hourmazd, Haghbayan (24 July 2019). "Temporal Trends in the Loudness of Popular Music over Six Decades". General Internal Medicine. 35 (1): 394–395. doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05210-4. PMC 6957604. PMID 31342330.
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Viney, Dave (December 2008). "The Obsession With Compression" (PDF): 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2011. there is no evidence of any significant correlation between loudness (& implied compression) and commercial success {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

dynamicrangeday.co.uk

"Dynamic Range Day".
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ew.com

Melissa Maerz. "Random Access Memories – Music Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

forbes.com

Amsen, Eva (30 July 2019). "Why We Don't Turn Down The Volume When The Music Gets Louder". Forbes. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

gatewaymastering.com

Ludwig, Bob (25 November 2008). "Guns 'N Roses: Dynamics and quality win the Loudness Wars". Loudness Wars. Gateway Mastering. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

ieee.org

spectrum.ieee.org

"The Future of Music". IEEE. August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.

masteringthemix.com

"Mastering audio for Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music and Youtube". Mastering The Mix. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

meterplugs.com

Shepherd, Ian (18 September 2019). "YouTube Changes Loudness Reference to −14 LUFS". MeterPlugs. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

mixonline.com

"The Big Squeeze: Mastering engineers debate music's loudness wars", Mix Magazine, 1 December 2005, archived from the original on 25 August 2010, retrieved 2 September 2010

musicradar.com

Vinnicombe, Chris (16 September 2008). "Death Magnetic Sounds Better in Guitar Hero". MusicRadar. Retrieved 18 September 2008.

nih.gov

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hourmazd, Haghbayan (24 July 2019). "Temporal Trends in the Loudness of Popular Music over Six Decades". General Internal Medicine. 35 (1): 394–395. doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05210-4. PMC 6957604. PMID 31342330.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hourmazd, Haghbayan (24 July 2019). "Temporal Trends in the Loudness of Popular Music over Six Decades". General Internal Medicine. 35 (1): 394–395. doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05210-4. PMC 6957604. PMID 31342330.

npr.org

"The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse". NPR. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

nytimes.com

Milner, Greg (7 February 2019). "They Really Don't Make Music Like They Used To". The New York Times.
Ratliff, Ben (7 June 2013). "Black Sabbath's New Album, '13'". The New York Times.

performermag.com

Mark Donahue, The Loudness War, Performer, retrieved 24 November 2010

pitchfork.com

Mark Richardson. "Random Access Memories – Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

popmatters.com

Loudness war stirs quiet revolution by audio engineers, Chicago Tribune, 4 January 2008

productionadvice.co.uk

Ian Shepherd. "Lust for Level – Audio perception and the battle for great sound". Retrieved 8 February 2012.
Ian Shepherd (24 October 2013). "Has The Loudness War Been Won?". Retrieved 6 February 2014.
Shepherd, Ian (17 November 2016). "Tidal Loudness". Production Advice. Retrieved 5 November 2021. Over AirPlay, normalisation will be at −18 LUFS, whereas on mobile devices and browsers, all music will be initially be played back at an integrated loudness of −14 LUFS.
Ian Shepherd (18 August 2011). "Why the Loudness War hasn't reduced 'Loudness Range'". Retrieved 6 February 2014.

prosoundweb.com

"Video: The Loudness Wars Exposed: "When there is no quiet, there can be no loud."". Study Hall. Pro Sound Web. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

roadrunnerrecords.com

"'Death Magnetic' Sound Quality Controversy Focus Of BBC RADIO 4 Report". BlabberMouth.net. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.

rollingstone.com

Kreps, Daniel (18 September 2008). "Fans Complain After 'Death Magnetic' Sounds Better on "Guitar Hero" Than CD". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
Levine, Robert. "The Death of High Fidelity: In the age of MP3s, sound quality is worse than ever". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
"Metallica Face Criticism Over Sound Quality of 'Death Magnetic'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008.

sageaudio.com

"Mastering for Streaming: Platform Loudness and Normalization Explained". Sage Audio. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

sfxmachine.com

Vickers, Earl (4 November 2010). The Loudness War: Background, Speculation and Recommendations (PDF). 129th Audio Engineering Society Convention. San Francisco: Audio Engineering Society. 8175. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
Earl Vickers. "The Loudness War: Background, Speculation and Recommendations - Additional material". Retrieved 17 November 2020.

soundonsound.com

Deruty, Emmanuel (September 2011). "'Dynamic Range' & The Loudness War". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Hugh Robjohns. "The End of the Loudness War?". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

spotify.com

artists.spotify.com

"Help - Loudness normalization - Spotify for Artists". Retrieved 12 October 2022.

stereophile.com

Jason Victor Serinus (23 November 2012). "Winning the Loudness Wars". Stereophile. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

stylusmagazine.com

Southall, Nick (1 May 2006). "Imperfect Sound Forever". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 June 2006.

telosalliance.com

What Happens To My Recording When It's Played On The Radio? also available from the AES library

theatlantic.com

Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones (25 November 2013). "The Real Reason Music's Gotten So Loud". The Atlantic.

theguardian.com

Stuart Dredge (25 November 2013). "Pop music is louder, less acoustic and more energetic than in the 1950s". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
Michaels, Sean (1 October 2008). "Death Magnetic 'loudness war' rages on". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
Michaels, Sean (17 September 2008). "Metallica album latest victim in 'loudness war'?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
Martin, Dan (17 September 2008). "Was the Metallica album too loud for you?". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
Will the loudness wars result in quieter CDs?, The Guardian, 10 January 2008
Michaels, Sean (15 July 2010). "EMI defends Duran Duran remasters". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
Anderson, Tim (10 January 2008). "Will the loudness wars result in quieter CDs?". The Guardian.
Anderson, Tim (18 January 2007). "How CDs are remastering the art of noise." Retrieved on 12 March 2012.

thequietus.com

Doran, John (27 September 2008). "Review The Cure 4:13 Dream". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

timesonline.co.uk

entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

Adam, Sherwin (7 June 2007), "Why music really is getting louder", The Times, retrieved 12 June 2007

turnmeup.org

"About Us". Turn Me Up!. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

uaudio.com

Michael Gallant. "Mick Guzauski on Mixing Daft Punk". Retrieved 6 February 2014.

vice.com

Romani, Bruno (28 July 2017). "Why Spotify Lowered the Volume of Songs and Ended Hegemonic Loudness". VICE News. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

web.archive.org

"The Big Squeeze: Mastering engineers debate music's loudness wars", Mix Magazine, 1 December 2005, archived from the original on 25 August 2010, retrieved 2 September 2010
Joe Gross (2 October 2006), Everything Louder Than Everything Else, Austin 360, archived from the original on 19 October 2006, retrieved 24 November 2010
Southall, Nick (1 May 2006). "Imperfect Sound Forever". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 June 2006.
Viney, Dave (December 2008). "The Obsession With Compression" (PDF): 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2011. there is no evidence of any significant correlation between loudness (& implied compression) and commercial success {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"'Death Magnetic' Sound Quality Controversy Focus Of BBC RADIO 4 Report". BlabberMouth.net. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
Ludwig, Bob (25 November 2008). "Guns 'N Roses: Dynamics and quality win the Loudness Wars". Loudness Wars. Gateway Mastering. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
"Interview with Inovonics CEO Jim Wood at Radioworld". Archived from the original on 4 November 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"The Future of Music". IEEE. August 2007. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
Levine, Robert. "The Death of High Fidelity: In the age of MP3s, sound quality is worse than ever". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
"Metallica Face Criticism Over Sound Quality of 'Death Magnetic'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008.
"Miranda Lambert - Revolution". Country Weekly. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009.

wired.com

Nast, Condé; Chun, Rene (4 March 2015). "Why Audiophiles Are Paying $1,000 for This Man's Vinyl". WIRED. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

blog.wired.com

Van Buskirk, Eliot (16 September 2008). "Analysis: Metallica's Death Magnetic Sounds Better in Guitar Hero". Wired. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

wsj.com

Smith, Ethan (25 September 2008). "Even Heavy-Metal Fans Complain That Today's Music Is Too Loud!!!". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
Even Heavy-Metal Fans Complain That Today's Music Is Too Loud!!!, The Wall St. Journal, 25 September 2008
Smith, Ethan. "Even Heavy-Metal Fans Complain That Today's Music Is Too Loud!!!". The Wall Street Journal.

youtube.com

The Loudness War on YouTube