On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 11:22:29PM +0100, Tim Goetze wrote: > [Fons Adriaensen] > >That means that when you put the bass off-center, your level > >meters may well show 'out of balance', in particular if they > >have a small range as e.g. a VU, during the entire song. > >Many sound engineers probably dislike that, even if it does > >no harm at all. > > They might dislike it because it implies the energy budget of the > transmission isn't exploited maximally. :) Which leads to the question why they would care about the energy budget if the information budget is used in such a suboptimal way :-) Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user