Is dubstep suffering from the 'Loudness War'?

[young soundman]

no mixer is meant to be used in the reds. yellows should be your maximum.

have to agree, its amazing how people don't realise that going into the red means distortion on the audio.

the main focus 4 this really is 2 achieve a mix for the type of song your making ...since dubstep is the topic ..the main thing is the sub and bass textures like i said b4...and the concentration of the tune shud revolve around the bass and sub textures, so really all thats needed is for you to mold a mix for the sub which allows the energy of the sub to boom through without overpowering the rest of the mix..it shouldnt have enything to do with the volume.the mixers volume should be set on default.

Sorry, that wasn't really on the topic of your post, was just agreeing with seckle and the other geezer

yeh i know...as people dont understand ...if you listen to dub/reggae or enything accurately built around those genres then you will know that soundsystems bring more bass pressure than most genre's in music...and thats down to scientific knowledge they had on frequency..so i dont understand why everyone is bangin on about volume if the main focus is gettin the frequency levels right....i take it most of you have never heard soundsystems live.

[ratdeal]

its what is known as 'hot mastering'. comercial cd releases are the most guilty of this.

[citizen]

I was just reading up on this the other day...

...some reading, for those who are interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... lity/print