New Audio Server Discussion

[Olaf]

Please stop using dynamic compression!!

Thank you very much for the new server and everything else! Aural moon is my strongest source of musical inspiration since 2003.

Since the new server is online I thought something is wrong with my equipment. I hear a lot of noise when the music turns soft and there is a extreme amount of pumping all the time. This is really frustrating when listening with headphones.
The current stream sounds a bit like some of the stupid radio stations here in Berlin. Everyone is adding more and more FX to the audio material to give it punch -- but as a result all stations sound the same and dynamic expression in music is totally lost.

First I thought this is your tribute to the RIAA, because they want you to stream music with less quality!

So please -- never add any FX to the stream! Once mixed in you never can get the FX out of the signal again.
There are a lot of winamp plugins available so that anyone can create his own level of dynamic compression if he wants.


Greatings from Germany
Olaf