heh no, sorry, I didn't meean to sound like i'm trolling -
it is extra-ironic, b/c yes dubstep uses compression a lot, but at the same time, a lot of the dubstep I've heard uses silence judiciously to create huge amounts of contrast - in between the speaker-shreddingly compressed passages.
Both house music and dnb IME tend to employ quiet as well to make the loud seem louder. It's mostly just rock and some americana these days on the radio that gets to me. Actually country is one of the most egregious genres, too. Sounds totally flat like AM radio.
it is extra-ironic, b/c yes dubstep uses compression a lot, but at the same time, a lot of the dubstep I've heard uses silence judiciously to create huge amounts of contrast - in between the speaker-shreddingly compressed passages.
Both house music and dnb IME tend to employ quiet as well to make the loud seem louder. It's mostly just rock and some americana these days on the radio that gets to me. Actually country is one of the most egregious genres, too. Sounds totally flat like AM radio.