Nigel Tufnel extended his Marshall amps to “11” to give Spinal Tap "that extra push over the cliff" and allow his cohorts to maintain their distinction as England's loudest band. And it seems Tufnel's fellow disciplines including Oasis, Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen have turned the loudness needle further right on their albums.
"Record companies and bands like Oasis are using digital technology to ratchet up the volume on CDs to make a bigger impact on their young listeners. But by artificially pushing up sound levels they also drown out the dynamic range of the song making everything sound 'loud'. They use a technique called 'peak limiting' which squeezes the sound range on a track to one level by removing the peaks and troughs that would normally separate a quieter verse from a pumping chorus."Read the full article.
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