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Why do commercials sound so blasted loud?
EPAIII:
And this is precisely what happens when non-engineers are allowed free rein at TV stations and production facilities. They don't know what they are doing and they LIKE LOUD, mostly because their ears are shot.
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 18, 2021, 11:49:00 pm ---Compression has been used for many years to try to increase the apparent loudness of commercials.
The thing that always annoys me is when movies made for the huge dynamic range of theatre presentation are shown on TV.
The conspirators are whispering together, you can't hear, so you wind up the volume.
Seconds later, there is a massive explosion, deafening you, & driving the speakers into non linearity.
Perhaps some compression would be appropriate there!
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Kleinstein:
It is time that someone comes up with an automated detection of the commercials, based on the higher loudness. This would stop the practice quite fast.
The different volume is also a problem with something like you-tube videos: From not so professional production they are sometimes rather low in volume, while the commercials and others are much louder.
Caliaxy:
Unfortunately, it doesn’t only happens in commercials. It affects the music as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/what-these-grammy-songs-tell-us-about-the-loudness-wars.amp.html
Edit: if the link above asks for a subscription in order to let you read the article, just google “They Really Don’t Make Music Like They Used To” and click/tap on the first result. NYT generally lets you read an article found by google search.
TheBay:
This drives us nuts, the built in speakers are pretty poor on my TV so I have the optical out going in to the DAC on my Naim Hifi and just use the Hifi to watch TV. It works well, until the adverts come on. Not only are they louder, the dynamic range is all over the place and it sounds really quite disturbing. Often we are reaching for the remote to turn it down.
In addition to that, does no one mix the audio correctly on TV programmes these days, one minute you can't hear the dialogue so you turn it up a bit, then there is a sound effect or music that frightens the life out of you. I find myself constantly adjusting the volume on the remote.
nctnico:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 18, 2021, 11:49:00 pm ---Compression has been used for many years to try to increase the apparent loudness of commercials.
The thing that always annoys me is when movies made for the huge dynamic range of theatre presentation are shown on TV.
The conspirators are whispering together, you can't hear, so you wind up the volume.
Seconds later, there is a massive explosion, deafening you, & driving the speakers into non linearity.
Perhaps some compression would be appropriate there!
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One of the great advantages of downloading movies and series is that you can use VLC to play them. Unlike a browser based video player, VLC has excellent tone control and automatic level control settings which takes care of these problems.
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