Arctic Monkeys - The View from the Afternoon (Dynamic Edit)

Описание: This is what I like to call a ‘dynamic edit’ of “The View from the Afternoon” by Arctic Monkeys! The Arctic Monkeys’ debut album has frequently been described as a notable victim of “The Loudness War”, a trend of increasingly dynamically-compressed (not to be confused with data-compressed, which concerns MP3s and such), clipped, and overall loud music releases. Their singles around the era too faced a similar level of dynamic range compression. Wikipedia in fact describes the album as an example of a victim of the loudness war (amongst 19 other examples). Music that has faced a high degree of dynamic range compression and/or clipping can be fatiguing to the ear, and given that this album is one of my favorites, I have attempted to remedy that issue (along with three of their singles from the era, because why not?).

I attempted to fix up the dynamic range compression on this record with a program called “Perfect Declipper”, can not only help alleviate clipping, but also much of the dynamic range compression that occurs during mastering! As such, many of the artifacts of dynamic range compression and clipping, including hiss, are much less noticeable, and the result is much more dynamic. In this case, I was able to turn the dynamic range of the album from 7 into 13!

In my edits, it’s important to note that the dynamics are not being restored with the "Perfect Declipper" program that I use, but rather, they are being approximated. While one may not be able to "declip" an album as one would be unable to "unbake a cake", I find the results here to be a convincible attempt at doing so. Only in the most extreme examples have I heard the program produce odd artifacts that would appear unintended in the album’s mix.

I produce many more dynamic edits on this channel as well as further descriptions in posts over on Reddit!   / posts