----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:06 PM Subject: Audio CDs
> I know the underlying science for representing analog sound in a digital > format but I'm missing something important. More than a few new and older* > CDs are quiet. *(Stuff originally recorded back in the 70s, i.e. not new > music). If I go from the radio to a CD, I have to turn the volume up to get > the same (seemingly) sound level. This is in many cars, or home players. > That may be bad example; but I also notice different sound levels when I > take songs from different CDs and make my own collection. > > So the question: is there a reason this is so? Do they figure on better > sound reproduction if the amplifier is producing the volume, rather than > the source? Or is it to have more head room, space for loud crashes? > Something else? > Maybe someone can verify this, but I seem to recall that most people use Goldwave to normalise home made recordings. (Among other things). Goldwave was used in the making of Cyberian Khatru and will be used on The Second Intention and the Revelation X project. (These are the music projects I am involved in.) xponent AMYCD.com Maru rob
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