Lately there has been quite a furore about the use of compression in music. I have been asked many times to explain what compression is and why anyone should care.
Very simply compression is a process applied to a music track. Once the music has been recorded many Producers decide to compress the music to boost quieter sections of the track nearer to the louder ones. This makes the overall volume (some might say noise!) of the track louder.
"Why do this"? you may ask. Well compression, applied sensibly, can be positive and some music stations, Classic FM for example, compress the music they play as they broadcast it so that people listening in noisier environments can still hear the very quiet parts of the music. For Classical music this can be good if you are driving or working in an office or warehouse where there is a lot of background noise. The purist however will turn to BBC3 safe in the knowledge that the channel does not compress their music and they can hear it as originally recorded.
We do not apply compression to our music and you can be sure that when you buy a Global Journey album that you are hearing it as it was played.
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