Chapter 9Loudness, the Confluence of Domains and Deep Listening

This chapter explores three subject areas: the recording element of loudness, the confluence of all the track's contents and resulting timbre percepts, and a more thorough coverage of deep listening (a subject briefly introduced in Chapter 2). These are presented by dividing the chapter into four parts. Together these topics (1) conclude our exploration of recording elements, (2) situate recording elements within the confluence of all domains, (3) acknowledge timbre as a confluence, and (4) introduce the reader to new ways of listening to tracks.

In the first section, loudness as a recording element is the last of the recording elements to be explored. It is discussed last because ...

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