Why are TV Commercials always louder than the program?
I hate it when I'm glued to a TV show and then the commercials come on and BLAST me outta my seat...
Well, I decided I couldn't take it anymore and being somewhat of an audio geek with a rack of audio processing gear, I decided to wire my Multiband Compressor into my receiver.
Problem solved.
Ok, I don't have the dynamic range in the TV programs that I normally would, but who does anyway with broadcast TV's audio already squished to bits. Since I don't have the compressor set to "wall of sound" mode, I don't get any listener fatigue. It just keeps the audio mostly in line with the volume I'd prefer.
I've thought about chaining my tube compressor on after the multiband compressor. If I do, I'll report it right here on how smashed the sound gets. :)
Well, yeah, but that would take all the fun out of utilizing my skillz! :)
Yeah, but that would be the best thing ever to have it automatically mute all commercials.
I'm assuming since you can do this that you can also completely mute commercials all together?