Here’s a question I wish I had asked 15 years ago, when I got my first CD player. I dub selections from my CDs onto tapes (my own idiosyncratic mixes, if you will), for use in the car. Because of sound conditions while driving, i need a much flatter dynamic level than what I have at home. So when I do the dubbing, I sit there with headphones on, constantly adjusting the volume as I tape. This works fine, until there’s an unexpected (or very frequent) change in dynamics, such as in many classical pieces. If I can anticipate the change, that’s fine, but in unfamiliar pieces it can be a nightmare.
Isn’t there an easier way to do this? Isn’t there a component that I can add to my stereo system to automatically flatten the dynamics, both diminishing the highs and augmenting the lows - without, of course, affecting the frequency range? Are there any of the new receivers that might have this feature?
And I’d like to have something that will still work when I get a CD player in the car, and start dubbing onto CDs.
And even better: if I get hardware enabling me to dub CD tracks on my computer, is there software that would flatten the dynamic range withoug having to monitor it in real time?
