Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread Steve Corey
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: Scale factor edit is not the only way. Many recorders do allow setting gain on digital input. However, I've never heard of any that have automatic gain control for it, only for analog input. Because I have many CDs that are mastered too softly, I find digital gain

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread David W. Tamkin
Steve Corey wrote, | I have many CD's that are mastered too loudly [because their dynamic | range is compressed and even the softest passages are almost as loud | as the peaks]. Tracks that are unrelentingly fortissimo throughout are relatively few in my collection, and I agree with you that

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread Steve Corey
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: the problem which I described as "mastered too softly" is not that the soft passages are soft -- they're supposed to be, after all -- but that the loud- est ones are too soft. My trouble is tracks where the peak is at -6 to -4 But even the loudest part of a track

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread Jeffrey E. Salzberg
And Steve, if your idea of older music is Peter Gabriel, it's not surprising that there's little if any overlap in our collections. Peter Gabriel? THAT newcomer?! = Jeffrey E. Salzberg, Lighting Designer http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread J. Coon
"Jeffrey E. Salzberg" wrote: And Steve, if your idea of older music is Peter Gabriel, it's not surprising that there's little if any overlap in our collections. Peter Gabriel? THAT newcomer?! Peter Who? Must be a newcomer.