Music mastering is becoming a battle for maximum level rather than a quest for audio quality, because counting consecutive samples at 0 dBFS is not an adequate restriction of level. This paper will discuss alternatives. New measurement practices may turn into a standard with which recordings have to comply in order to use a proposed dynamic range approval (DRA).

Authors: Nielsen, Søren H.; Lund, Thomas
Affiliation: TC Electronic A/S, Risskov, Denmark
AES Convention: 107 (September 1999) Paper Number: 5019
Publication Date: September 1, 1999
Subject: Psychoacoustic and Auditory Models

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