It Might Get Loud

I'll let the trailer do the talking.



http://www.sonyclassics.com/itmightgetloud/

Jay-Z Declares the "Death of Auto-Tune"

Moment of silence, please, but I'm not crying.

Jay declared war on Auto-Tune on the same stage that featured performances from prominent Auto-Tuners like Ron Brownz, DJ Webstar, and former Jay tourmate The-Dream.

After his verse from Jeezy's "Put On" remix, Jay performed "D.O.A." for the first time.

http://pitchfork.com/news/35541-jay-z-declares-the-death-of-auto-tune/

Check out T-Pain's appearance in the linked shaky camera-phone video.

compression reponse

yup. thats the name of the game now. mastering engineers now are all pros at maxing out levels to the brim. most music these days is compressed to "tape." compressed during mixdown. compressed during mastering. and radiostations and TV will compress again during playback. so that your everyday pop song looks like this. with no digital headroom.



and this is a waveform of a beethoven symphony:



its one "better" than the other? not really. its just different. apples and oranges. and is compression a bad thing? not at all. its a completely necessary and very useful tool for controlling dynamics. is a lot music out there compressed to death? yup.

'More apparent volume but less dynamics'

was reading about dynamic range compression on this interview with alan wilder, depeche mode member.

this video by matt mayfield is a simple illustration. here's the companion article to that, referencing deathcab member chris walla.