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Loudness
The perceived quality of sound directly correlated to an increase or decrease in amplitude (volume). Loudness is a highly subjective measurement that varies from person to person and is affected by many factors such as frequency, duration and sound pressure levels (SPL). More objective measurements

Decibel
A decibel (dB), named by Bell labs for it's founder, Alexander Graham Bell, is a logarithmic, relative scale for measuring power or amplitude, and it is used in a wide variety of disciplines. With respect to audio, it is a measurement of loudness. Human hearing has a dynamic range of about

Bleed Through
Magnetic tape or film stores audio information via metal particles applied to one side of the tape or film. A record head applies a magnetic flux to those particles, which then orient themselves to represent the audio information. A playback head reads the magnetic flux stored on the tape to