When mixing, we’re all surely guilty of distorting sounds to make them seem louder from time to time.
Unfortunately, sound quality suffers.
So, in debate of the loudness wars, why don’t we take a look at a real example?
As always, the video is embedded below.
Video by LoudnessWar. Via the AES.
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