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Dynamic range measurements performed via the DR software of the Pleasurize Music Foundation

[Italian version]

The following database, which is meant to be an "open-source" project and ready to accept everyone's contribution, makes use of the Pleasurize Music DR software, an easy to use PC application that helps understanding the real dynamic content of any recording.
This software doesn't measure the whole dynamic range of a recording but helps unveiling when hyper-compression has been heavily applied. For more details please read the article linked above and visit the Pleasurize Music Foundation website (and support the campaign!).

The numbers you'll find in the chart below represent a kind of "average" dynamic range, higher values mean less compression. This is NOT a way to determine whether a recording is "good" or not according to audiophile standards but it helps understanding how much the recording has been affected and contaminated by the "loudness war".
For each record we list the average DR value of the whole disc and then the DR of each and any track contained into it. DR values higher than 10 are to be considered acceptable, numbers near 5 mean the recording has been heavily compressed (except for extremely "quiet" musical genres). Feel free to contribute with your own measurements! (contact: Fabio Egizi of our DR Team).

Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Fabrizio De Andrè
Creuza De Ma
12
Creuza de mä 10
Jamin-a 12
Sidun 13
Sinàn Capudàn Pascià 12
A pittima 14
A Dumenega 13
Da a me riva 12
Le Nuvole
11
Le Nuvole 13
Ottocento 11
Don Raffaè 9
La Domenica delle Salme 12
Mégu Megún 9
La Nova Gelosia 13
A Çimma 10
Monti di Mola 11
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Bob Dylan
Together Through Life
8
Beyond here lies nothin' 7
Life is hard 10
My wife's home town 8
If you ever go to Houston 9
Forgetful heart 8
Jolene 8
This dream of you 10
Shake shake mama 7
I feel a change comin' on 8
It's all good 9
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Antonio Forcione
Tears Of Joy
12
Tears of joy 13
Sahara rain 12
The long winter 10
Spanish breeze 12
All summer long 12
The cool cat 13
Fragile 13
Landmark 8
Waltz for Django 12
Earth spirit 12
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Joe Jackson
Rain
6
Invisible man 6
Too tough 7
Citizen sane 5
Wasted time 6
The uptown train 8
King pleasure time 6
Solo (so low) 8
Rush across the road 6
Good bad boy 6
A place in the rain 6
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Norah Jones
Feels Like Home
Sunrise 7
What Am I to You 7
Those Sweet Words 8
Carnival Town 10
In the Morning 8
Be Here to Love Me 7
Creepin' In 7
Toes 7
Humble Me 10
Above Ground 7
The Long Way Home 11
The Prettiest Thing 8
Don't Miss You At All 12
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Hound Dog Taylor
Genuine Houserockin music
14
Ain't got nobody 15
Gonna send you back to Georgia 14
Fender bender 15
My baby's coming home 13
Blue guitar 14
THe sun is shining 13
Phillips goes banana 14
What'd I say 13
Kansas City 15
Crossroad 13
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
VVAA
The Sheffield Track & Drum Record
James Newton Howard, Wendy Smith Howard - Amuseum 16
J. Gruska, P. Gordon - The Higher You Rise 16
R. Buchanan, C. Dore - Wise To The Lines 16
R. Buchanan - Le_Ballade 16
Ron Tutt - Ron Tutt 22
Jim Keltner - Jim Keltner 19
This is K2 HD Sound!
Symphonic Dances - No. 1 Non Allegro - Rachmaninoff 14
Zapateado - Pepe Romero 17
Left Alone - Jian Jianhua 13
Respighi, Queen of Sheba Suite- War Dance - Eiji Oue; Minnesota Orchestra 14
Touch - Christopher Hardy 13
Lift Your Veil - George Gao; Wei Li 13
Swan Lake- Duo - Tchaikovsky 13
Heart of Glass - Nah Youn Sun 12
Blue Dream - Bruce Stark 12
Star Dust - The Hot Club of San Francisco 11
The Four Seasons- Spring - Vivaldi 13
Amazing Grace - Wei Li 15
Kinderspiele - Esther Ofarin 12
Habanera Fantasia From Carmen - Harold Farberman; Colorado String Quartet; Ethos Percussion Group 13
Autumn in Seattle - Tsuyoshi Yamamoto 14
Canon in D - Pachebel 18
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari
Oro incenso & birra
Overdose (d'amore) 14
Nice (Nietzsche) che dice 15
Il mare impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle... 15
Madre dolcissima 13
Diavolo in me 15
Iruben me 15
A wonderful world 14
Diamante 13
Libera l'amore 11
Author: CD Title: Track List: DR Value:
Bobby Watson
Love remains
14
The mistery of ebop 13
Love remains 14
Blues for alto 14
Ode for Aaron 12
Dark days (for Nelson Mandela) 14
Sho thang 14
The love we had yesterday 14
Quiet as it's kept
13
Looking in your eyes 12
Always a friend 14
Afternoon in ottoburn 12
Just for today 13
Back home again with you 12
Watch the children play 12
Quiet as it's kept 13
Nubian breakdown 12
Nanatsu-no-ko 12
Concentric circles 12
Interlude (to be continued...) 13
Appointment in Milano
12
Appointment in Milano 12
Ballando (dancing) 13
If Bird could see me now 11
Watson's blues 12
(I'm) always missing you 14
Funcalyso 13

© Copyright 2009 Fabio Egizi - www.tnt-audio.com
Coordinator of the Team DR (Pietro Coretto, Luigi Franceschi, Marco Simonetto).

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