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Death Magnetic Retail vs Guitar Hero 3

Metalfan7577 · 192K views · 2008-09-23 · 7:57

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A short comparison of the retail release of Metallica's Death Magnetic against the Guitar Hero 3 version of the same song. It switches between the two so you can hear and see the heavy clipping in the retail master.

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HN uses it as the go-to demonstration of the loudness war and what over-compressed mastering does to music.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2022

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theshrike79 · 2022-03 · Recommendation

If you don't believe in the Loudness War, or think that you can't hear the difference, here is a challenge for you: Grab Metallica's Death Magnetic. Listen through it all the way. Now find the Guitar Hero III remastered version of the same album, listen through it. I guarantee you feel exhausted after the official master version, because there is no dynamic range, it's just a full spectrum of noise. Here's a Youtube video visualising the difference: [VIDEO]

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theshrike79 · 2019-02 · Recommendation

For the unbelievers, listen to Metallica's Death Magnetic first from the official version. After that, try the Guitar Hero version and it'll quite literally blow your mind. A video comparing both: [VIDEO] I tend to get physically and mentally exhausted when I have to listen to music that's maximised for loudness, took me a while to figure that out. A comparison between these two versions was the eye opener for me.

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jcelerier · 2019-02 · Reference

.. whaaat ? the difference between the retail and GH3 parts here : [VIDEO] are enough that I can feel them just by the vibrations in my desk

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