pcourtney;658474 Wrote: > when I go into Player Settings/Audio > Volume Adjustment / Replay Gain > > I am offered 3 possible settings for RG > 1) Track > 2) Album > 3) Smart > > If I am setting up a carefully constructed playlist (a mix of tracks) > and I don't think I would hardly ever have a consecutive track playing > from the same album, which of the above 3 settings should I choose then > ? > > Are you saying it does not matter, Track and Smart are the same ? Please see the documentation for the replay gain settings. Even the basic info that shows up in the "i" icon on SBS settings (if I remember correctly). Under certain conditions (eg, random or carefully constructed mixes), Track Gain and Smart Gain give the same results. Under other conditions (eg, playing an entire album), Album Gain and Smart Gain give the same results.
Basically, track gain sets the levels based on the track gain RG value. So all tracks play at about the same level, whether it's an acoustic ballad or some death metal track. Much like broadcast radio. Album gain uses the album gain RG value. So it preserves the dynamic range of songs on the same album. Think "Blackbird" and "Helter Skelter" from the White Album: track gain would play them at the same volume, whereas album gain would play Helter Skelter much louder. Smart gain uses album gain if the tracks are consecutive tracks from the same album, and track gain for anything else. So if your carefully constructed playlist never has consecutive tracks from the same album, then Smart Gain will give you the same results as Track Gain, which is probably what you would want. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90336 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
