RE: Loudness

RE: Loudness

Posted by hahax@verizon.net (A) on May 21, 2020 at 20:34:21

In Reply to: Loudness posted by Bill the K on May 21, 2020 at 04:58:04:

Loudness controls in the past have been connected to the position of the volume control which unfortunately has nothing to do with the amount of compensation needed to 'flatten' frequency response. What is needed is a feedback process that reads the level and flattens the response according to some values such as Fletcher/Munson or more modern ones at our ears.

That will sound good but isn't entirely accurate. You really want to know the recording sound level and compensation for seat distance and I suspect that can't be known.

This really needs a lot of discussion as to what is really wanted which will probably vary person by person and years od work. But if it matters maybe we just need some good(god forbid) tone controls like the old Quad ones or if you don't mind doing tons of adjustments for each source piece some good multi band equalizers. I fret what the cost od high end equalizers could be.

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Topic - Loudness - Bill the K 04:58:04 05/21/20 (25)

Decware Z-Rock? - Jim Hodgson 15:04:17 05/25/20 (1)

RE: Decware Z-Rock? - Bill the K 00:44:33 05/26/20 (0)

Always found them artificial sounding - E-Stat 06:49:30 05/22/20 (2)

RE: Always found them artificial sounding - mlsstl 12:48:25 05/24/20 (1)

RE: Always found them artificial sounding - uncle mag 15:21:15 05/24/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - hahax@verizon.net 05/21/2020:34:21 05/21/20 (1)

you can come close - DrChaos 12:32:13 05/22/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - RGA 17:09:29 05/21/20 (2)

actually probably not - DrChaos 12:30:11 05/22/20 (1)

RE: actually probably not - Bill the K 19:14:13 05/22/20 (0)

A lot of loudness contours are based on the Fletcher-Munson curves... - viridian 13:02:18 05/21/20 (1)

and later work - DrChaos 15:10:25 05/21/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - You can insert a device - Mel 09:39:45 05/21/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - knewton 07:53:34 05/21/20 (1)

This already exists and is used full time in my system... - DrChaos 12:51:15 05/21/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - G Squared 07:34:24 05/21/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - Kal Rubinson 05:30:22 05/21/20 (4)

Why not... - Ozzie 16:47:36 05/21/20 (0)

For many years Yamaha used a "Variable Loudness Control" .. - reelsmith. 07:07:07 05/21/20 (2)

RE: For many years Yamaha used a "Variable Loudness Control" .. - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 08:24:58 05/21/20 (0)

sounds like the old Eico's /nt - Story 08:19:58 05/21/20 (0)

RE: Loudness - RGA 05:20:29 05/21/20 (3)

Possibly. - Kal Rubinson 05:32:03 05/21/20 (2)

much more complex than a bass knob - DrChaos 13:04:38 05/21/20 (1)

Exactly. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 16:57:41 05/21/20 (0)

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RE: Loudness - hahax@verizon.net 05/21/2020:34:21 05/21/20 (1)

you can come close - DrChaos 12:32:13 05/22/20 (0)

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