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Fake Loud

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 When audio is intentionally distorted to sound as though it's extremely loud. Like, speaker-destroyingly loud. Ear-damagingly loud. And yet...not loud. Because, you see, the volume hasn't actually changed. It's Fake Loud. Basically, anytime you want to the listener to understand "this is loud" without actually, you know, deafening them.
When it's portrayed, fake loudness might actually be mixed at the same volume as other elements in the music/audio. But since it's meant to convey extreme loudness, various distortions are used to emulate this. This can include: reverb effects (to simulate vast echoes), sudden tinniness to the sound (as if the speaker's been blown out), crackling, digital squelching, white noise, high-pitched ringing, or a subtle/complete deafening of other sounds in the mix. Can also be achieved by severely clipping the audio levels for a rawer sound, or, when recording, muffling the sound.
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })An auditory trope. In music, used purely for cool.
Related the Loudness War, which contributes to this as its heavy compression of the dynamic range can make this the only way to represent a sound as louder than its surroundings, since the entire soundtrack is already as loud as the signal can support.
Also related to Steel Eardrums, as it's more believable for the characters not to be deafened by having unprotected ears exposed to gunfire when the viewers themselves are not subjected to an actual volume spike.
Stage Whisper is a dialogue-specific inversion, where characters are supposedly speaking quietly but are loud enough for the audience's benefit.
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