Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation

Since the topic of music production, mastering, and the Loudness Wars comes up frequently on the forum, here's a good tour through the process.
(It's a few years old but still very relevant).

https://medium.com/cuepoint/why-do-all-records-sound-the-same-830ba863203

lowrider5710-29-2018 8:50am

stevecham Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,340 posts 10-30-2018 at 01:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Judicious use of compression, absolutely good; George Peckham and Bernie Grundmann good; saturating limiters bad.
stevecham Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,340 posts 10-30-2018 at 12:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The long term use of hypercompression in the mastering studio has finally killed pop music. Not only does it suck out all the dynamic range out of the music, in so doing it scrubs all emotional content as well. Devices such as the following are also partially to blame: Mastering Clipper, Loudness Meter, Multiband Saturator. This device makes the recording as "loud" as possible and strips the music of anything worth listening to.