Ive been recording my acoustic piano playing in a concert hall on a grand piano 6 feet away on a tripod, it can get loud but not really. anyway, something i noticed with all the recordings is that the audio is "too hot". even at 50% on iphone XS speakers, it sounds "too loud" like blowing out the speakers not in pure loudness but in distortion. kind of the equivalent of too much blown out highlights in photographs. This becomes an issue on some sound sources like iphone XS, and even on my tv when playing on apple TV, it starts to "duck" and "limit" it which makes sudden volume dips at loud moments, and makes quiet sections too loud suddenly. Meanwhile this whole time, the original phone video audio is between -10 and -6 dB RMS which is WELL below the "safe" loudness. i really dont get it. to get it to sound "normal" i have to lower my phone volume to like %20 but then its super quiet. Anything above that its getting distorted. just doesnt make sense because these videos are so "quiet" on audio meters" anydvice?
P.S. its not an issue with my phone speakers as other videos sound normal even at max volume
P.S. its not an issue with my phone speakers as other videos sound normal even at max volume