Superlative and Comparative Adjectives Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the adjective: For example: This song is _duller (dull) than the previous song. This is the dullest (dull) song I have ever heard. This computer is fancier (fancy) than mine. This is the fanciest (fancy) computer in the whole store. That interface is more expensive (expensive) than mine. That interface is better (good) than the one in the store. This interface is the worst (bad) in the whole store. Read the article and circle the correct form of the comparative or superlative adjective: Is louder always better? In digital recording, peak levels can never pass digital full scale, or 0dBFS, so assuming you have two or more pieces of music that peak at the same maximum level, what makes one sound louder than the other? The answer is that the human ear is more responsive to average signal levels than to short peaks, so the higher you can get the average level of the music, the louder it will seem to be. The two main strategies used to achieve this are compression and limiting. Compression can be useful in mastering, as it often helps the whole piece to sound more homogeneous, but there's always the temptation to push it too far just to make the music seem a lot louder. Providing you're sensible about how much compression you apply, the music may indeed sound better as a result, as well as sounding subjectively. The reality is that everyone is competing to have the loudest and most aggressively compressed material out there, so the only way to keep up with the latest trends is to, in effect, damage your music. Article retrieved from: https://www.soundonsound.com/people/louder-always-better
