mortod;182205 Wrote: > I recently used 'Audacity' to produce a 48/24 version of The Beatles > Love DVD-A for my SB (rather than just using the 44.1/16 CD version > that came with it. Audacity is a great tool as it also gives a visual > represenation of the tracks, so you can visually compare the different > qualities as well as by ear. Interestingly the 44.1/16 and 48/24 > version looked very different - the 44.1/16 seemed to be a lot louder > (ie with lots of peaks at -0db) whilst the 48/24 version was much more > variable (ie more difference between quiet and loud sections). The > compression used in mastering the 44/16 version is very obvious. > > Audacity is also supports 6 channel wav files and can merge those into > a stereo track. > > BTW, I used PPCMRipper to create the 6 channel WAV from the DVD-A/MLP > disc.
Yes, it's that silly "loudness race"! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war P.S: Check out the wav clips of "One of Us" and the pathetic result after adjusting the new version using replay gain, compared to the original version. -- P Floding No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if you ask me.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32951 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
