Members Funkwave Posted September 7, 2005 Members Share Posted September 7, 2005 It's funny that during this hot trend of Musical instruments and gear being "Vintage", "Warm", "Tube", etc, Lot's of stuff on the radio sounds like chilly, squashed, garbage. I rarely listen to top 40 radio but today I decided to listen to a local station in the car. The music is so "Processed" that I can barely discern what notes are being played in a bassline, what chords are being played on the guitar, or what notes the keyboardist is playing. It all sounds like a huge messy pinned VU meter. Later, I turned to a classic rock station. I could hear every single note and nuance played by bassists, guitarists, and keys. What gives? When is this squashing contest gonna stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gsHarmony Posted September 7, 2005 Members Share Posted September 7, 2005 I hear you. What makes me mad is when I play some of my recordings to non-musical people and they ask "Why is it so soft?", like there is something wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjorked Posted September 7, 2005 Members Share Posted September 7, 2005 You should note that all music played on terrestrial radio has to be squashed to some extent to work in that medium. Satellite I believe is a different story. Could prejudice of top 40 be one of the reasons you're hearing it like this. Now it's not my music of choice either but EVERYTHING on the radio sounds super compressed to me. Radio quality always sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwave Posted September 7, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2005 Originally posted by bjorked Could prejudice of top 40 be one of the reasons you're hearing it like this. Now it's not my music of choice either but EVERYTHING on the radio sounds super compressed to me. Radio quality always sucks. No, It's not that at all. I have no prejudice for top 40. In my area top 40 plays everything new from metal to bubblegum. Let me explain this in another way. A brand new Rush Or Aerosmith song will have the same undesirable qualities I'm talking about verses tunes from those artists recorded in the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kiwiburger Posted September 8, 2005 Members Share Posted September 8, 2005 That particular radio station is probably applying some plugin or processor to 'make it sound good'. These old farts probably don't have any hearing left, and the drugs don't work like they used to. Or maybe it's run by young farts, and the drugs are working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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