Editing Dynamic range (section)

== Music ==
In [[music]], dynamic range describes the difference between the quietest and loudest volume of an [[musical instrument|instrument]], [[part (music)|part]] or piece of music.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schmidt|first1=J.C.|title=1996 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Conference Proceedings|volume=2|pages=1013–1016|last2=Rutledge|first2=J.C.|chapter=Multichannel dynamic range compression for music signals|publisher=IEEE|doi=10.1109/ICASSP.1996.543295|year=1996|isbn=978-0-7803-3192-1|s2cid=5688882}}</ref> In modern recording, this range is often limited through [[dynamic range compression]], which allows for louder volume, but can make the recording sound less exciting or live.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdmasteringservices.com/dynamicdeath.htm |title=The Death Of Dynamic Range |publisher=CD Mastering Services |access-date=2008-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622150312/http://www.cdmasteringservices.com/dynamicdeath.htm |archive-date=2008-06-22 }}</ref>

The dynamic range of music as normally perceived in a concert hall does not exceed 80&nbsp;dB, and human speech is normally perceived over a range of about 40&nbsp;dB.<ref name=Eargle/>{{rp|4}}