bitflipper


True, there is much more to dynamics than volume alone, and you can mitigate the limitations of ubercompression by accentuating those other dynamic elements. But why on earth would you toss out the hammer from your toolbox and make up for its absence with a great collection of screwdrivers?

All you have to do is listen to some punchy pre-volume-war material. Listen to it loud. Really loud if that's what you like. Crank up some Rare Earth and see if you can keep your toes still.

Haha, I like the analogy. You're right though. Brings up another thing - Macro and Micro dynamics. I think macrodynamics can be quite effectively tuned even with hyper compression IF you allow for it (and only IF). But microdynamics, there ain't a hell of a lot you can do. Compress it too much and the punch will go. A great engineer may be able to make it still sound relatively punchy even after hyper compression, but it's never going to be as good as are more tame approach.