Broadcasters often find it necessary to reduce the dynamic range of certain types of audio program material, either for technical reasons or because of listeners' requirements. This paper describes DSP-based equipment for reducing the dynamic range of musical program material unobtrusively, without introducing the impairments with conventional limiters and compressors.

Authors: Mason, Andrew J.; McParland, A. K.; Gilchrist, Neil H.
Affiliation: British Broadcasting Corporation, Research Department, Tadworth, Surrey, UK
AES Convention: 93 (October 1992) Paper Number: 3433
Publication Date: October 1, 1992 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Digital Signal Processing
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