Why do certain songs sound louder than others even when they’re played at the same volume?
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Imagine two recordings of the same song: in the first, the singer was sitting right in front of the microphone; in the second, the singer stood 20 feet away from the microphone.
If played back at the same volume, which recording do you think would be louder?
The point is that the producer of any music has a lot of influence over how “loud” music will sound when you replay it. They can influence loudness of the recording you replay in any number of ways. Your volume setting has no bearing on their recording techniques or post-recording changes (usually with software) to the recording before it was delivered to you.
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