[gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-19 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, Is there a way to change the "volume" of a mp3/vorbis track? By volume, I'm referring to lining up several tracks on your computer/phone/tablet/thingy, setting the one volume level and then letting them play. For example, the first track will be quiet, of all ironies my Led Zeppelin t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-19 Thread Pandu Poluan
On May 19, 2012 7:00 PM, "Andrew Lowe" wrote: > > Hi all, >Is there a way to change the "volume" of a mp3/vorbis track? By volume, I'm referring to lining up several tracks on your computer/phone/tablet/thingy, setting the one volume level and then letting them play. For example, the first

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-19 Thread Willie Matthews
Nice! I will have to go and try that one soon. On 05/19/12 05:22, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On May 19, 2012 7:00 PM, "Andrew Lowe" > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > >Is there a way to change the "volume" of a mp3/vorbis track? > By volume, I'm referring to lining up sever

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-19 Thread ny6p01
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 07:54:10PM +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way to change the "volume" of a mp3/vorbis track? By volume, > I'm referring to lining up several tracks on your > computer/phone/tablet/thingy, setting the one volume level and then > letting them play. Fo

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-19 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 05/19/12 20:22, Pandu Poluan wrote: On May 19, 2012 7:00 PM, "Andrew Lowe" mailto:a...@wht.com.au>> wrote: > > Hi all, [snip] ... ... ... [snip] What you're looking for is called "replay gain" (alternative spelling, "replaygain"). Basically, it's a two-step process : (1) analyze the 'eff

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-19 Thread Willie Matthews
On 05/19/12 04:54, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way to change the "volume" of a mp3/vorbis track? By > volume, I'm referring to lining up several tracks on your > computer/phone/tablet/thingy, setting the one volume level and then > letting them play. For example, the first track w

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-20 Thread Jesús J . Guerrero Botella
Just for sake of correctness, what the op wants is called normalization, in the world of sound edition. It can be done once, as you rip the file or it can be done on the fly when playing it. "replaygain" is (as the name itself says) an implementation of this that automatically adjusts the gain of

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-20 Thread Stroller
On 20 May 2012, at 10:41, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > ... > Specially for bands like led zeppelin, I would just use the second method > (adjust while playing, rather than while ripping). Someday you will want to > hear the whole disk as it was intended, … I agree that adjust-whilst-playi

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-20 Thread ny6p01
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:01:27PM +0100, Stroller wrote: > > On 20 May 2012, at 10:41, Jes?s J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > > ... > > Specially for bands like led zeppelin, I would just use the second method > > (adjust while playing, rather than while ripping). Someday you will want to > > hear

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-20 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 8:44 PM, wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:01:27PM +0100, Stroller wrote: >> >> On 20 May 2012, at 10:41, Jes?s J. Guerrero Botella wrote: >> > ... >> > Specially for bands like led zeppelin, I would just use the second method >> > (adjust while playing, rather than whi

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > Dipping only slightly further offtopic, are they still pressing vinyl? Sales of vinyl LPs have actually gone up for the past 6 years, selling 3.5 million new LPs last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan which is the organization that tracks m

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-21 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> Dipping only slightly further offtopic, are they still pressing vinyl? > > Sales of vinyl LPs have actually gone up for the past 6 years, selling > 3.5 million new LPs last year, accordi

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >>> Dipping only slightly further offtopic, are they still pressing vinyl? >> >> Sales of vinyl LPs have actually gone up for the

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

2012-05-21 Thread Stroller
On 21 May 2012, at 02:07, Michael Mol wrote: >>> ... >>> All digital Led Zep releases (i.e. including all CDs) are notoriously >>> poorly remastered, with excessive gain applied. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war >>> >>> So far they have deteriorated with each remastering / re-r