The loudness war (or loudness race) is a trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music, which reduces audio fidelity and—according to many critics—listener...

Dynamics (music) Loudness war Sending loudness rating Standard siren, loudness measurement in astronomy The relationship between loudness and energy intensity...

measuring audio loudness, stated in the ITU-R BS.1770 recommendation and using the loudness measures LU (loudness units) and LUFS (loudness units referenced...

as the loudness war, in which the dynamic range of recorded music is compressed and sometimes clipped in order to increase the general loudness. Albums...

signal level present in the recording. Loudness normalization adjusts the recording based on perceived loudness. Normalization differs from dynamic range...

diminished the Japanese fanbase of Loudness. After the release of the single "Slap in the Face", Vescera left Loudness during their 1991 American tour,...

"Lazarus" is the main character in the Deadwing script. In a comment on the loudness war, Steven Wilson mentioned how he considered placing a message on record...

the Loudness Wars". Stereophile. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-06. Earl Vickers (November 4, 2010). "The Loudness War: Background...

tone and timbre of the music. The effort to increase loudness has been referred to as the loudness war. Noise reduction systems use a compressor to reduce...

compression had become common on the radio, marking the trend that led to the loudness war in the 1980s. The intricacies of the technique were unprecedented in...