[MLA] Ian Shepherd on the BBC on "Compression vs. Art"

[Thomas Lund]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the prod. I’m listening at an airport and the distorted introduction is a good way to get people’s attention. 

Swedish radio recently also had programs about audio quality. First one about lossy data reduction, then one about the loudness wars, http://t.sr.se/1O3r2RR

Good news if the topic finally has some mainstream resonance.

cheers,
Thomas


> On 11/01/2016, at 04.35, Robert Ludwig <gatewaybob at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone.  An interesting piece from the BBC on "Compression vs. Art", Loudness Wars and lossy compression.  It’s pretty well done I think and Ian speaks very accurately IMHO.
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tvgp1 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tvgp1>
> 
> “Trevor Cox asks whether compression can detract from our enjoyment of recorded music-does it matter that what we hear may not be the same as what the musicians heard in the studio?  How important is high quality reproduction? He looks at attempts to make music recordings sound louder and louder (the so-called Loudness War) and asks whether anything is lost in the process. And he considers whether making audio file sizes smaller, so that they take up less space on portable devices, means that some of the musical detail is lost. He talks to record producer Steve Levine (who produced Culture Club among many others) mastering engineer Ian Shepherd, the musician Steven Wilson, members of the BBC Philharmonic, and Dr Bruno Fazenda, Senior Lecturer in Audio Technology.al detail is lost. He talks to record producer Steve Levine (who produced Culture Club among many others) mastering engineer Ian Shepherd, the musician Steven Wilson, members of the BBC Philharmonic, and Dr Bruno Fazenda, Senior Lecturer in Audio Technology.
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