MrSinatra;631085 Wrote: > however, the differences of level, as a function of what the artists > intended, are only meaningful in sequential track order. i doubt there > has ever been a case where an artist cared about the relationship of the > levels between track 3 and track 14 on a given album. > ... > in such a scenario, (and i truly don't know what SBS does under > smartgain when this happens), but i would want SBS to use track gain, > then album gain for the two songs if in linear, ascending track order, > then track gain again. (maybe descending too, have to think about > that...) > > if however the two songs from the same album were not next to each > other, i'd want track gain applied for what i think are obvious > reasons. I agree with many of your points, but I don't think this one is obvious at all. In fact I'd say there is a strong argument for the opposite. If relative levels matter for sequential tracks (3->4, 4->5, ..., 12->13) then it follows that relative levels matter for 3->14 as well. To me it seems obvious that the White Album's "Good Night" (track 13 on disc 2) should _not_ be played as loudly as "Helter Skelter" (track 4 on the same disc). Personally I would want that volume difference honored even if they were played back to back. In either order.
MrSinatra;631085 Wrote: > smartgain should always use track gain on compilations, imo. album gain > is really not appropriate here, since obviously there is no artist > intent involved. I think this one is not obvious either, but more a matter of personal preference. If it is a compilation by a single artist, then I can easily see cases where the artist would want different levels for an acoustic ballad versus an ear-bleeding rocker. For compilations of multiple artists I'd agree there is no artist intent, but there is a reasonable argument for a production decision to deliberately vary the relative levels of the tracks. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87061 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
