Teus de Jong;413032 Wrote: > Sorry for this late post, but reading this thread made me very > uncomfortable. The reason is simple: when only using track gain, you > would help the loudness war by making the volume of each track about > the same. This is one of the reasons I don't use play lists a lot: the > volume leveling would result in a ballad being played too loud and a > track that shouts 'play me loud' not loud enough. It's like listening > to the radio, where the same leveling is applied (albeit in a different > way). It's not like the loudness wars. That is lifting up quiet parts of a song close to the loudest parts of the song. Track Replay gain is just a method bringing songs to a similar volume level for ease of listening and avoiding clipping. Unless you are playing the same album and using track gain you shouldn't have any problems with it. For critial listening of Albums then you are right and Album gain is the way to go. It is like radio and it's done so that you don't have to mess with the volume all the time. But it doesn't compress the track.
Teus de Jong;413032 Wrote: > > The whole idea of using RG is to automatically adjust for the > difference in loudness used in recordings over the last decades. IMO, > anyone who cares about the quality of music should only use it for that > purpose (with the exception of parties with appropriate play lists). > > Teus Yes that is what it's for. Random play and playlists. Album gain is Audiophile gain and it keeps Albums the way you want them to be. I think we are pretty much in agreement except the loudness war comment. Hopefully companies will start mixing and producing a quality product again soon. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60502 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
