Re:Movie dialogue has gotten more difficult to understand
by ethbr0 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:44PM
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Or at least some statistically-relevant volume knobs. E.g. percentile or most recent peak.
EEs, correct me if I'm wrong, but the amplifier circuitry is digitally-controlled now, no? So hypothetically could be rapidly adjusted with low latency?
Re:Movie dialogue has gotten more difficult to understand
by brokenmachine on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:11PM
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You could definitely adjust with low latency, but if your compressor attack and release are too quick, it will not sound right.
You want to keep some dynamic range but not too much.
Re:Movie dialogue has gotten more difficult to understand
by cblconfederate on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:15PM
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It should be easy to add a compressor dial to audio devices nowadays
Re:Movie dialogue has gotten more difficult to understand
by ukyrgf on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:28PM
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Windows 7 had a "loudness equalizer" that was basically just a limiter, and that made my computer my my go-to for watching movies. It still exists in Windows 10 but doesn't seem to work as universally with different devices.
> But it's annoying to have these wide ranges. Then you watch a news or talk program or something like that, and the voices are front and center and everything is peachy.
I've often thought a lot of these problems could be solved just by adding a "minimum volume" knob to all the "maximum volume" knobs we currently use, allowing users to forcefully reduce the dynamic range in an easy-to-understand way (while still being loud enough to hear dialogue). I remember "large dynamic range" being advertised as something you want for home theatres/etc, but in general I think it's more a misfeature/antipattern.