{"id":724,"date":"2025-07-31T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:01:51","slug":"%f0%9f%94%8a-why-are-commercials-louder-than-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/%f0%9f%94%8a-why-are-commercials-louder-than-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd0a Why Are Commercials Louder Than Movies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; min_height=&#8221;437.1px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|2px|0px|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"267\">\ud83c\udfa7 <strong data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"267\">Ever noticed how commercials suddenly blast your ears during a quiet movie scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"402\">You&#8217;re watching a suspenseful part of a show\u2026<br data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"317\" \/>Whispers, tension\u2026<br data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"338\" \/>And then \u2014 <em data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"356\">BOOM!<\/em> A detergent ad screams through your speakers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"453\">That\u2019s not an accident.<br data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"430\" \/>That\u2019s <strong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"452\">compression<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"655\">\ud83d\udcc9 A compressor reduces the difference between the quietest and loudest parts of audio.<br data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"545\" \/>\ud83d\udc49 In commercials, it\u2019s used <em data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"588\">aggressively<\/em> \u2014 so everything sounds equally loud and constantly &#8220;in your face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"791\">\ud83c\udfac Movies and series use a more dynamic mix \u2014 allowing whispers to whisper and explosions to explode. That\u2019s called <strong data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"790\">dynamic range<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"884\">So next time you jump during an ad break \u2014 don\u2019t blame your remote.<br data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"863\" \/>Blame the compressor.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1011\">\ud83d\udc47<br data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"891\" \/>When I produce music, I use compression intentionally \u2014 not just to make things louder, but to make them feel <strong data-start=\"1001\" data-end=\"1010\">right<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1095\">\ud83c\udf9b\ufe0f Want your track to sound professional <em data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1080\">without losing its soul<\/em>?<br data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1084\" \/>Let\u2019s talk.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1222\">#compression #audioproduction #mixing #dynamics #sounddesign #musicproducer #loudnesswars #audiomagic #education #commercials<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Ever noticed how commercials suddenly blast your ears during a quiet movie scene? 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That\u2019s not an accident.That\u2019s compression. \ud83d\udcc9 A compressor reduces the difference between the quietest and loudest parts of audio.\ud83d\udc49 In commercials, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srbinsoundstudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}