There is a lot that goes in to sound engineering in order to make a movie going experience really good. Basically the sound is engineered to sound really good on the 100ish channels that movie theaters have, but when going to a home they have to crunch all that down to work with a 2.1 or 5.1 etc and there is inevitably loss due to overlapping frequencies and even immersive aspects. How can a voice seem to be as loud as an explosion for example.

A simple sound compression of the entire signal would solve the issue. VLC player has this feature and it's working perfectly.

[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was wondering if there's a software compressor for the master channel of a computer. Like many, I usually stream movies nowadays, so VLC is of no use unfortunately. Any ideas? I'm on windows, if that matters.

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Windows actually has this function in the sound settings. I tried it once, but it was way too harsh. It basically removed the entire dynamics, which is pretty bad in its own way. I tried the feature quite some time ago, so maybe it's better now, I don't know.

[–] PassTheChicken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I'll give it a try

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