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After an older song has been remastered, there might contain volume

variation and if you listen to an older song right after a remastered song, you
might be able to hear a volume variation because of differences in recording

technologies, newer songs tend to be louder than older songs. And in this age

of iPods and MP3s, listeners do not like it when the loudness of their songs
does not match. So one of the things a sound engineer does is to boost the

overall loudness of the track, being careful not to push it into distortion. But

many audiophiles and music critics complain that everything sounds flat and

disturbing to the ear when the loudness is boosted. Sound engineers are quick

to point out that it is usually the record companies and artists asking for the
remastered songs to be made louder, in order to keep up with current music.

DVDs are remastered in a similar way. Engineers take the original film

and transfer it to digital. Then they go through a process of color correction

and dust and debris removal. Sound engineers also sweeten the soundtrack,
much like remastering an album or CD. Sometimes engineers will change the

aspect ratio to make the show or movie widescreen, as opposed to regular

television screen size. However, some directors will not change the aspect

ratio. David Lynch, for example, insisted on keeping his series çTwin Peaksé
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in its original aspect ratio to stay true to his original vision.

(3)
Adams, Ryan D. and David S. Grant. çRemastering Twin Peaks.é Dugpa.com. November 2007.
(Oct. 28, 2014) http://dugpa.com/interviews/remastering-twin-peaks/.
Anderson, Tim. çHow CDs are remastering the art of noise.é The Guardian. Jan. 17, 2007.
(Oct. 28, 2014) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jan/18/pop.music.
OûToole, Kit. çWhat Does ùRemasteringû Mean, Anyway?é Blogcritics. Sept. 8, 2009. (Oct. 28,

2014) http://blogcritics.org/what-does-remastering-mean-anyway/.

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