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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I used an app to level my entire audio collection to 93 dB a while back. Now it's all the same loud at the same number. It just took a day of work.

[–] crimson_iris@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

There is music that benefits from dynamic range. Maybe not metal or pop or techno, but classical music and soundtracks for example.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I agree. We're talking about different things though. It doesn't level the entire track, it turns up the volume on the track (or down in this case. A lot of mine were set to 110dB) so all the tracks are averaged. It didn't change the tracks themselves. I'm not an audio engineer, I don't know the precise term. I still get, for example in edm, good bass drops, I just don't have to touch the volume knob anymore.