Yesterday I recorded an album to FLAC using the same software that I always use - VinylStudio from Alpinesoft (its the best I have used by far and I have tried many). Anyway the album in question was Bob Marley, Legend on 180g Vinyl. When I got to the track splitting stage I was astonished at the waveform I was presented with. The volume level on the whole album was set really low with the result that the waveform was narrow if you know what I mean. This wasnt a case of not having the software set incorrectly as with a USB type ADC you set a particular level of digital gain once and then never alter it. No the album was pressed at an incredibly low volume. After splitting and writing individual tracks I ran Foobar2000 over them to set Replay Gain. It required a 15db uplift. A level which I have never seen before. Having rescanned I proceeded to test play on my Living Room SB3. Still sounded desperately quiet when compared to other tracks. Checked the SB3 audio settings to ensure Smart Gain was on. Yes. Then I realised. The SB3 was set to output at 100%. It appears Smart Gain does not work if this is the case. Now I think about it I can see the logic as to why it wouldnt but also how you could be fooled into thinking that even at 100% it could / should work. As I say you learn something new about LMS every day!
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