Why does 50% volume on video and music players not sound half as loud as 100% volume?

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Usually if a video is too loud, 75% sounds almost the same as 100% and only at around 30% there is a noticeable difference in volume.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Logarithmic scaling of dB as others have mentioned, contemporary music is heavily compressed and limited as well, this changes the dynamics. There are tonnes of youtube info on compression and limiting. The whole EDM genre is basically compression and limiting

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