i am sure you noticed that modern music has more bass than old music - this is in part because compact disc can produce lower frequencies than analog sources like vinyl and in part because class D amps can push more power into the subs than before ...
but that is not disturbing, that's good !
what is actually disturbing is modern music has less highs ... or are you just going deaf ? well it's both !
what used to bee "boom tss boom tss" is now is now just boom boom boom boom ... no "tss"
i used to think people got tired of the fatiguing sound of "tss" and it fell out of favor ...
but then i read an article about line arrays where the author suggested having a talk with your mix engineer to reduce the amount of HF because arrays struggle to reproduce it ...
what if HF in music is going down for the same reason bass is going up - because modern tech ( arrays ) prefers it that way ...
well it's disturbing for you ( or should be ) but not for me. if i am going to build arrays it actually works in my favor !
i thought i went deaf because i couldn't hear any highs in music then i listen to an old school metal track like this:
( except not on YouTube where it is compressed the living **** out of )
and there is highs everywhere, so actually music is losing highs faster than i am losing my hearing.
they don't make music like this ( with highs ) anymore. not even metal. now it's just bass.
but that is not disturbing, that's good !
what is actually disturbing is modern music has less highs ... or are you just going deaf ? well it's both !
what used to bee "boom tss boom tss" is now is now just boom boom boom boom ... no "tss"
i used to think people got tired of the fatiguing sound of "tss" and it fell out of favor ...
but then i read an article about line arrays where the author suggested having a talk with your mix engineer to reduce the amount of HF because arrays struggle to reproduce it ...
what if HF in music is going down for the same reason bass is going up - because modern tech ( arrays ) prefers it that way ...
well it's disturbing for you ( or should be ) but not for me. if i am going to build arrays it actually works in my favor !
i thought i went deaf because i couldn't hear any highs in music then i listen to an old school metal track like this:
( except not on YouTube where it is compressed the living **** out of )
and there is highs everywhere, so actually music is losing highs faster than i am losing my hearing.
they don't make music like this ( with highs ) anymore. not even metal. now it's just bass.
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LOL...
That's hardly old school metal. I don't listen to metal that is as recent as that.
That's hardly old school metal. I don't listen to metal that is as recent as that.
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