Hey Tom, >> Just learnt how to use normalize, but am still confused about the >> normal and -mix mode. Let's say I have three files with the RMS >> volume of 3, 5 and 7 (1 being quietest, 10 being loudest). As far as >> I understand, normalize without switches raises the RMS volume of all >> the files to 10. Normalize in the mix mode should calculate the >> average RMS volume (5 in this case) and put all files' RMS volume to >> this level. However, today -mix gave me a higher volume on the output >> file than normalize without switches. How come?
> MIX MODE > This mode is made especially for making mixed CD's and the > like. You want every song on the mix to be the same vol > ume, but it doesn't matter if they are the same volume as > the songs on some other mix you made last week. In mix > mode, average level of all the files is computed, and each > file is separately normalized to this average volume. Thanks for your answer. I have read the manual thoroughly. > So, for example, in my /wav directory, I run 'normalize -m *.wav' > IME, that this always goes thru all the .wav files, and determines an > average volume. Then normalize proceeds to show that it is either > raising or lowering (+db, -db) each individual file to the average > volume level. > Maybe I don't understand your question. Probably ;-). So, to rephrase it, what does normalize do *without* any switches? -- TIA Roman
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