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Like Hish said... Posted by Steve...R (from: 194.117.133.196) on November 30, 2001 at 04:04:31: In Reply to: What is the easiest way to correct "too loud" or "too soft" music CDs? posted by Terry on November 29, 2001 at 22:56:59: Normalising will adjust the level of the audio to just below digital clipping which means that it will increase the audio to it's loudest point before distortion occurs. This is usually done on each track individually and can take some time although the process is as easy as loading it into an audio editor and the selecting Normalise. The problem is that the perceived volume is often to do with the type of music and the eq'ing on the CD's themselves. There is a law in England that states that TV commercial breaks cannot be louder than the shows they break up. Cheekily though, the engineers boost certain mid frequencies to brighten the sound of the commercials, to get your attention basically. I have always thought that this is increasing the overall volume of the commercials, which it is... but they seem to get away with it anyway.. The point is, Normalising doesn't solve everything but it's the most powerful solution for the computer user. On the Mp3 thing... DON'T rip Mp3 if you are burning to a music CD that will work only with standard CD's. There is no benefit to ripping Mp3 for this type of work as two things happen. 1. You reduce the quality and dynamic range of the audio. 2. You increase the time it takes to process a CD as the Mp3 has to be converted back to an uncompressed .Aif/.Wav file for it to burn to a CD that can be played on a standard CD player. Rip to .Aif/.Wav and then import into an editor. Normalise and then burn the tracks.,.. Cya Steve...R Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : Normalising will adjust the level of the audio to just below digital clipping which means that it will increase the audio to it's loudest point before distortion occurs. This is usually done on each track individually and can take some time although the process is as easy as loading it into an audio editor and the selecting Normalise. : The problem is that the perceived volume is often to do with the type of music and the eq'ing on the CD's themselves. There is a law in England that states that TV commercial breaks cannot be louder than the shows they break up. Cheekily though, the engineers boost certain mid frequencies to brighten the sound of the commercials, to get your attention basically. I have always thought that this is increasing the overall volume of the commercials, which it is... but they seem to get away with it anyway.. : The point is, Normalising doesn't solve everything but it's the most powerful solution for the computer user. : On the Mp3 thing... DON'T rip Mp3 if you are burning to a music CD that will work only with standard CD's. There is no benefit to ripping Mp3 for this type of work as two things happen. : 1. You reduce the quality and dynamic range of the audio. : 2. You increase the time it takes to process a CD as the Mp3 has to be converted back to an uncompressed .Aif/.Wav file for it to burn to a CD that can be played on a standard CD player. : Rip to .Aif/.Wav and then import into an editor. Normalise and then burn the tracks.,.. : : Cya : : Steve...R Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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