loudness war

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Australia)

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Noun

loudness war (plural loudness wars)

1. The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.

Synonyms

• loudness race

Translations

practice of producing ever louder versions of music recordings

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音量競賽／音量竞赛 (yīnliàng jìngsài)

• Finnish: äänekkyyssota
• Russian: please add this translation if you can