what does “remastered” as in remastered song mean?
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A few great comments here already, but worth adding: industry standard levels were much lower in the past due to various limits in technology and playback (let’s say, -12dB versus modern mixes crushing everything near 0dB – these are measures that quantify a signal level – 0dB is the limit of a given speaker’s amplifier) , so albums or movies are “remastered” to make them more normalized with modern-day listening environments and modern day industry standards. It’s why a new song today sounds louder than an original Beatles song played after it. In a small way, it’s like media becoming higher resolution with larger average file sizes, so modern phones and computers then need more storage space to adequately house them.
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