Why Music Is Getting Louder

“Record companies are using digital technology to turn the volume on CDs up to ’11’. Artists and record bosses believe that the best album is the loudest one. Sound levels are being artificially enhanced so that the music punches through when it competes against background noise in pubs or cars. Britain’s leading studio engineers are starting a campaign against a widespread technique that removes the dynamic range of a recording, making everything sound ‘loud’.”