mswlogo;543842 Wrote: > I'd only apply +6dB gain if Replay Gain says I have that much headroom > in the whole album (i.e. Peak_Album < 0.50) > > To bad there is no mode to simply say "Full Scale Album" basically add > as much gain as the peak_album tag says there is room for. That's > exactly what the amplify in Audacity defaults to. It sounds as if you'd like to use ReplayGain as a way of peak normalising your albums. That's not what RG is for - it is specifically aimed at equalising the perceived loudness during playback amongst albums (or tracks). Incidentally, RG doesn't just use RMS level to calculate loudness - it uses the Fletcher-Munson response curve. If you want to peak normalise, you can do that easily with an audio editor (such as Audacity), and you won't then be dependant on having a RG-aware playback device.
But something is bothering me. From what you say, it appears that you believe that if you have a track/album that peaks at -6dB (ie. 50%), and you apply 6dB of digital gain to it (whether by normalisation or with ReplayGain), then you'll increase its dynamic range. It does nothing of the sort, of course. It will increase the source file's noise by 6dB along with the signal. And since the noise floor in the file is almost certainly way higher than that in your DAC, you won't gain any benefit from the fact that you're now using an extra bit in the DAC. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
