slimpy;380504 Wrote: > Albums... > An album is a continous piece of work consisting of tracks. > An album can span one or more physical media, depending on its length. > Album gain should be applied to the whole album, regardless of number > of physical media. > > Box sets... > comprise of multiple albums or variations of the same album. > A box set consisting of a studio and live version is considered two > albums. > A rerelease of two or more original albums in one package are multiple > albums. > Album gain should be applied per album in the box set. Not per disc > because one album in the box set can still be more than one disc! > > Compilations... > are borderline cases because they are not really albums but collections > of individual tracks. > I'm not sure if album gain should be applied to them at all since there > is no variance between tracks that needs to be preserved. > IMO a compilation is basically the same as listening to a random mix > where track gain should be used. > This is exactly the the same as my definition of albums. I too thought about compilation albums. In fact, I often remove songs from compilation albums that I already have elsewhere in my library. I don't often play compilation albums; songs are usually played because they come up in Random/MIP mixes.
However, I do rip them and apply album replaygain. It doesn't hurt and avoids having to think about it. Some compilations are mastered in such a way that you may want to preserve album volume variance. Eg. albums where tracks are cross-faded. I have a few chillout compilation mix albums like that. -- Philip Meyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip Meyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=95 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57543 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
