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Why is music in movies/tv often disproportionately louder than the dialouge?
gpt
Nobody has answered this correctly yet. It is by design- movies generally have very high dynamic range (loud things are very loud, quiet things are very quiet). In a movie theater or a great home setup with the volume cranked up- this works great! You WANT explosions to be super loud and the music scenes to be very loud in comparison to dialog. However, when you're watching a movie late night, quietly in your living room- this can be very annoying- you'll find yourself turning the volume up for dialog and down when music or explosions happen. This is why many audio receivers have a 'night mode' setting which basically compresses the dynamic range- making the dialog and music/explosions more close in volume.

In short, high dynamic range makes audio exciting! It's by design! Great for a loud movie theater, but bad for a quiet living room.