Mark Lanctot;266644 Wrote: > That's the one. ReplayGain will apply the gain it calculated, but if it > will cause clipping, it'll apply the maximum gain before clipping > occurs. > > This is rather academic as almost all recordings made since the early > to mid-1990s will have negative ReplayGain values, not positive ones > that may cause clipping. Google "loudness wars". > > But it's just a tag, the audio data isn't altered and the SB will > adjust its playback volume in accordance with the tag value. The SB > isn't doing any processing of the volume or adjustment for clipping, > it's merely reading the tag and adjusting. If you didn't specify "no > clipping" and the track is an unusually quiet one that has a positive > ReplayGain value, the SB may clip if the RG value tries to push the > output past the clipping point.
Mark, Thanks for the info. In fact, most of my CDs are from the 80s. Anyway, now I know that SB will just apply the replay gain value, I will make sure the tag's value is the one without clipping. Biu -- Honva ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14948 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43195 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
