Nonreality;337326 Wrote: > While it's true that you can get wav files tagged with ID3.1 tags to > work with SC it's still not the best tag. Also you don't know what > other programs it will work with. The real thing would be to get > ID3v2.3, or vorbis tags to work and work with all programs. Probably > not going to happen. If you want some real info on this I would go to > hydrogenaudio.org for this kind of thing as your post said experts. By > that right of course I shouldn't be posting but I have to ask how the > volume wars got started with great engineers like yourself on the > scene? Did you just get pushed aside by the record companies? It > would be interesting reading to hear it from the experts.
In answer to your first question, I can't remember why but I'm back to using FLAC for tagging as it's more reliable. My assistant found another tagging program suitable for WAVs but it's awkward to use. So, it's back to FLAC and "lovin' it". As for people hearing different sound quality between WAV and FLAC, it's likely imagination at work. The data is identical. In answer to your second question, one man cannot stop an avalanche. And in fact I've smashed a few masters in my time, usually at the demand of the client, or the A&R director. Things are slowly pulling back, but it's a tough business and I often have to make a master "louder" than I want to, it is a client-driven business and I work hard to educate the client on the loudness wars, but he pays the bill. And unfortunately, "loudness" trumps everything else, even quality. Unless someone turns up the gain on the softer piece it sometimes even sounds more compressed to the ear, not less. The eventual saving grace will be some form of automatic volume control based on the actual loudness of the program. And as disc-based players start to bite the dust in favor of network-based playback (I own a Transporter and a Squeezebox) there may be some movement and producers may begin to realize they have no control over the loudness perceived by the consumer. If you wish to reply to this, let's move it over to another thread, please. Thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10173 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32661 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
