[Arny Krueger]

"Deputy Dumbya Dawg"
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
news:4L2dndGw8YaChzvYnZ2dnUVZ_q-: The problem with
normalizing is that it is simplistic, arithmetical
(not
even mathematical!) and arbitrary, while music is about
managing complex relationships in a subjective way.
Normalizing takes one simplistic characteristic of
music, its peak level, and uses it as the one and only
iron rule for setting levels.

If the last thing you do to your music before
distribution is to normalize it, you've probably ruined
it. You've certainly removed a lot of art and
subjectivity.



I interpret what you said as he probably ruined the
music before he normalized it since he had to normalize
it not because he normalized it.

No. The point is that you never have to normalize music. And there are
times when leaving it as you mixed it is exactly the right thing to do.

You can ampilfy both channels to exploit the dynamic range of the
operational environment, which while netting out to being a similar process,
is conceptually and practically a different thing.

Or you can individually amplify or attenuate each file in a compendium, so
that the perceived loudness of the files in a compendium meet a practical or
an artistic need that relates to the whole compedium.