i often find that the things which are the most obvious to me, are the hardest to explain or justify.
here's my contention. i believe all files should have track and album RG tags. thats not debated between myself and my unnamed contrarian. the debate is that i go on to say that album RG should ONLY be used (ie. applied on playback) when playing back an album in sequential track order. so, in other words, i would use track RG for random mixes, and i would also use it if i was doing a random mix of a single album. (i believe sbs "smartgain" operates the same way, correct?) he however, contends that album RG is the "audiophile" RG, and should be used basically for all listening scenarios, except those that would be more like "Radio" which he seems to interpret as dance music. i think that the terms "audiophile" and "radio" have nothing to do with this debate. he posted this (absurd, to me) link to back up his claim: http://replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org/radio.html now, to me, its not even debateable that track RG is right (and the only choice) for a whole collection in random mix. using album RG for that is, imo, absurd on its face. but its harder for me to explain my contention that one should use track RG when listening to a single album in random mix (shuffle) mode. can someone please help me explain the obvious? i have tried to explain that the changes in loudness from track to track when played out of order will not be what the artist intended when using album RG, but of course, the artist didn't intend random mix itself either. also, in an "absolute" sense, using album RG will make the first track the same difference in loudness from the fifth track, even though that difference was never meant to be back to back. what say you all? -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbrec & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.4b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 49k+ mp3/flac ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87061 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
