JohnSwenson wrote: > I'm not talking about the volume, I'm talking about "replay gain" which > is a tag that some files carry which causes the volume to be changed at > playback time. This is primarily used so that different songs can have > the same "volume" when you put them together in a playlist. For example > a very loud song would have a replay gain tag that would say play this > song softer than normal, a very soft song might have a tag that says > play louder than normal. If your file happens to have a replay gain tag > that says to play the song very softly, it doesn't matter that the main > volume is set to max, it will play softly. This replay gain function can > be turned on or off in the setup menus of the Touch. > > The easy way to test this is to make sure that replay gain is turned off > on the Touch and see if that makes any difference to the volume. You do > this by going to the: > > Settings->Audio Settings->Volume Adjustment and select "No Volume > Adjustment". > > If they still play soft I would bring the file up in a waveform editor > and see if they really are soft. It might very well be soft to begin > with. If the original master tape was recorded with a low level of > compression then overall average level can be quite low in order to have > room to properly preserve transients. If the people that did the hi res > master didn't add extra compression, the average level in the file could > very well be soft. > > One way to test this is to take a file you already have which plays at a > correct level and resample it in software up to 24/96 and try playing > that, if THAT plays softly and replay gain is turned off then there is > an unusual issue somewhere along the line. > > John S. Thanks John for the detailed explanation. I will the steps to see if the vol gain if the issue. Meanwhile, I tried Diana Krall 24/96 downloads, they don't have the volume issue. The files with the volume issues are the Chesky Binaural 24/96 downloads. May be because of binaural recordings, they have a relatively low volume!
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