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In Reply to: Re: Depends posted by Aleksunder on March 4, 2007 at 16:55:33:
*** I assumed the compression/limiting practices used on contemporary CDs would have been mutually exclusive with "HDCD" mastering standards (20-bit resolution?). ***No, unfortunately applying compression is almost as easy as pressing a button (and completely independent of the HDCD encoder), and you can even compress 24-bit recordings to the max :-(
It's very hard to buck the trend - I'm using compression in my recordings as well, otherwise it's hard to achieve a particular sound or have average levels that are "reasonable".
But I try and limit my compression to around 3.5dB, occasionally 6dB for very problematic material.
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But why - WHY sell CD's with a "HDCD" logo on them (and further, with such doyens as Bob Ludwig's name on the credits) when they are .... just more of the same over compressed/processed shit?A rock recording that replay-gains at -10dB in Foobar is barely 12-bit resolution (if that), let alone the "extended resolution" of HDCD!
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