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Originally Posted by Datschge
Digital dynamic range actually shouldn't depend on the genre at all, the overdrive used in some genres should be of analogue nature which isn't the same at all. The "natural" dynamic range of CDs is 16bit, the loudness war is essentially turning the music into lofi pieces by only using the top end of the whole range (which isn't really all that big anyway). If one ever gets a comment with regard to "bleeps and blops" again feel free to note that plenty "modern" masterings as well as compressing on radio channels are technically even worse.
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But it unquestionably depends on genre and style.
Evangelion 2.0 - "In My Spirit"
FFXIII-2 - "Last Hunter"
There's a very good reason why the top one sounds far worse than the bottom one. They both have an extremely small dynamic range of 6 db, but the top one is compressing a full orchestra and choir into that space, while the bottom one is a rock band, which is a smaller group with a naturally smaller dynamic range. And as I was saying before, with electronic music and samples, one can easily get a small dynamic range without too much in the way of clipping or limiting.
In terms of natural dynamic range:
Pure synthesized tones < Samplers < Rock band < Amplified Jazz Fusion group < Unamplified Jazz band < Orchestra