Ben Sandee;386880 Wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM, socistep > <socistep.3m9qfb1232382001 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> > wrote: > > > > I know what ReplayGain is but haven't progressed using it much. I > did, > > however, find that when I first starting using my Duet my mp3's > > previously managed in iTunes had replaygain (Soundcheck as mentioned > > above) added into the tags, I found that this was making most songs > > significantly quieter so I turned off ReplayGain in SC. > > This is normal -- the vast majority of music is skewed too loud and RG > and other related normalization tools like mp3gain will tend to make > processed music considerably quieter. Typically, this is annoying only > if you haven't normalized all of your music or if your amplification > system is weak enough that you cannot get your music loud enough. > I've had this happen with low-powered speakers. > > Ben
I'm just using my Duet through an old micro system at present which performs very well, however when RG was on it was significantly quieter, I'll bear your point in mind when I get some better kit... -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58253 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
