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Re:Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving view... by throwaway290 on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:31AM (#44908644)
Sorry but you really misunderstand what normalization and compression means. "quiet frequencies" :D
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Re:Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving view... by lucideer on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:38AM (#44908688)
I assure you I don't.

I'm not sure what the scare quotes are about but if you point out what I'm misrepresenting I can try to explain it a little better.

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Re:Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving view... by throwaway290 on Friday August 15, 2025 @10:30AM (#44912906)
You don't need to explain, I know the subject.

Compression acts on the amplitude of the entire audio signal, not "quiet frequencies". You can start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression

Normalization as it normally is used is offline process where you up the gain of the whole audio so that the loudest noise is 0dB.

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