Adventures in fighting Loudness Wars (Yes "Drama" Japanese SACD)

[Plan9]

I'm guessing it's the latter. Pass, indeed.

The info I've found online seem to indicate this.

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Applied Izotope declipping to one of the worst offenders...
Rush - Clockwork Angels

Here is One Little Victory crushed to death and at -4 dB:
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And here it is after declipping it...settings are shown.. I selected a bit at around the 1:00 min mark so it would get the loud part and I clicked on "Suggest":View attachment 53891

I´d say it sounds much better..not 100% there, but much better!

How does the 4:13 drum fill sound in the left channel with your edits? I know it crackles on the original release, and I'm curious how other declipping algorithms are able to make songs sound.

I personally swear by this plugin called "Perfect Declipper", which has been able to pretty much eliminate the crackle caused by loud mastering in my experience, such as in that 4:13 example!