XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Mr.T  wrote:   
   >Yep, if you want a good example of how sad it has become, grab the new Katy   
   >Perry song "California Gurls" and open it into your wave editor of choice,   
   >and have a look at just how badly compressed, clipped and grossly distorted   
   >the waveforms are for a million selling record these days. It's nothing new   
   >of course, the same was being done with Madonna, Brittany Spears etc.   
      
      
   That's not the fault of measurements, of course, but of people who aren't   
   using their ears.   
      
   However, if you would like a good average "perceived loudness" scale, you   
   might consider the K-number scale as promoted by Bob Katz.  It is really   
   quite well-correlated with perceived level and an increasing number of   
   mastering houses are using it.   
   --scott   
      
      
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   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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