(2021-08-06, 11:50 PM)ac3 Wrote: I don't have the ld audio anymore but I wouldn't mind adding the missing audio to it and Normalizing the audio. Not sure why studios do this it's annoying having to turn ur Amp up to max volume.
With analog audio, the louder the source, the more it covers up any analog hiss or noise providing better signal to noise ratio.
With digital, there is no noise so the audio level can be at a minimum and still be completely clear.
In the years since the introduction of digital audio, there has been the 'loudness war'. Even though media is now almost entirely digital from start to finish, in order to make content stand out, they boost it to the maximum... and then use dynamic range compression in order to make even the soft sounds loud (and sometimes the loud sounds clip). Heck, even 'lossless' tracks tend to just be louder since 99% of people cannot, under controlled conditions, tell lossless from lossy audio.
It's stupid, crazy, and there is no good answer, but needing to turn up your amp is the least of the damage they can do to an audio track.