Loudness Wars

This topic (over-compression) has become worthy of its own page.

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Links:

There is some excellent information on the TC Electronic site (including a number of white papers):
http://www.tcelectronic.com/loudness.asp

Production Advice article with audio examples
http://productionadvice.co.uk/loudness-means-nothing-on-the-radio/

Pleasurize Music Foundation  - links to several good articles here
http://www.pleasurizemusic.com/en/knowlegdebase

Dynamic Range Day - lots of info here
http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/

Earl Vickers - The Loudness War: Background, Speculation, and Recommendations
http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=15598

Additional information from Earl Vickers
http://www.sfxmachine.com/docs/loudnesswar/

Multichannel Fast-Acting Dynamic Range Compression Hinders Performance by Young, Normal-Hearing Listeners in a Two-Talker Separation Task
http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=14833

EBU loudness page - contains R128, Tech3341, 42, 43, 44, and test material (77MB)
http://tech.ebu.ch/loudness

SOS article - 'Dynamic Range' & The Loudness War
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep11/articles/loudness.htm

Bob Katz - Loudness War & Peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Fb3rWNWDA

ITU-R BS.1770-1
http://webs.uvigo.es/servicios/biblioteca/uit/rec/BS/R-REC-BS.1770-1-200709-I!!PDF-E.pdf

Dynamic Range Database  - where you can also download the TT Dynamic Range Meter, which gives the DR of audio files
http://www.dr.loudness-war.info