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Default Automatic Volume Leveling (AVL)

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
It's quite enlightening that near everyone talks about ads being 'too
loud' rather than the progs being too quiet.


One of my pet peeves is audio engineers whose way of thinking seems to go:
My equipment has 650 dB of dynamic range and I'M GOING TO USE EVERY dB
OF IT! Then there are the directors who repeatedly make sure that at least
ten really quiet, whispering, nearly-no-sound scenes are immediately and
rapidly followed by massive explosions. or jet plane takeoffs.

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Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali,
Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause
as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.