You should buy a limiter unit (they usually come with compressors) to
attenuate your signal
>
> Hey,
>
> I'm toying with an idea I have, which consists of a tool designed for
> making cassette tapes from mp3 files. (I'm still in the stone age, I
> guess :) I'm going to concencentrate on the interface, which, if good
> enough, I suppose will also be useful for people making mixes to other
> media. I'll most likely not start from scratch, since most of the
> functionality is available in e.g. freeamp. One important thing that
> I'm not sure exists, though, is the ability to normalize the amplitiude
> of a bunch of audio files. Besides the aesthetic problem with files
> that play at differing volumes is the background noise of analog tape;
> as is well known analog tape should be recorded as hot as possible but
> no hotter. What I want to do is go through a batch of mp3s, scan the
> decoded output to determine the maximum amplitude, and then associate a
> scaling factor which will be used at playback time.
>
> Has anyone implemented something like this? I don't suppose it would be
> that difficult, but perhaps (CPU) time-consuming. Can anyone think of a
> better way of doing it than rendering the mp3 to a buffer and then
> scanning it?
>
> P.S. I am not sure if I'm subscribed to this list or not -- I
> unsubscribed about a month ago, but I still get (some?) messages.
> Please CC me directly if you reply.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin
>
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