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Dynamic Range Day

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As we know from the previous article "History of the Loudness War", that began in 2010's people began to realize the dynamic music. One who tried to support it are Ian Shepherd, he called for the phrase "Dynamic music sounds better" as a form of combat "The Loudness War". Its action is realized by creating a "Dynamic Range Day" which falls on March 25th.

Who is Ian Shepherd? Ian is the founder of Production Advice, a professional mastering engineer and owner of Mastering Media Ltd, specialising in High Definition audio services, Blu-ray and DVD authoring. Over the last fifteen years he has worked on literally Thousands of CDs for all of the major record labels, TV stations and independents, including number one singles and Several award-winning albums. Artists and clients include: Keane, Tricky, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Deep Purple, The Orb, Leslie Garrett, Culture Club, Porcupine Tree, Andy Weatherall, The Las, Ozric Tentacles, Christine Tobin, New Order and King Crimson amongst many others.


On the website http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/ it was found that the "dynamic range day" is: The "Loudness War" is built on the idea of ​​That "Louder is better". However this concept is fatally flawed. The goal of the Dynamic Range Day is to reveal this flaw and spread an alternative message: "Dynamic music sounds better". You do not need to Compete in the "Loudness War". In fact in the 21st Century your music can gain a competitive advantage - not by being "Louder", but more dynamic.

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Dynamic Range Day has a lot of supporters, including:
  • SSL (Solid State Logic)
  • Bowers & Wilkins
  • Shure
  • The APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services)
  • Pro Sound News
  • Music Tech Magazine
  • TurnMeUp.org
  • The Pleasurize Music Foundation
  • MusicRadar
  • Gearslutz
  • Sigurdór Gudmundsson
  • Home Studio Corner
  • Bob Ludwig

And on his Facebook page, a dynamic range of day has more than 2000 fans. If you feel "dynamic music sound better" as your understanding, you can also join the "dynamic range day" and get a lot of new information, especially about the research "The Loudness War".

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http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/
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