On Monday 03 June 2013 06:10:20 am Richard Lamont wrote: > I'm ripping CD tracks, many of which have been mastered ridiculously > hot.
Many ? Is it even possible today to find "professionally" produced CD's that weren't mastered with a "radio programmers" mentality ? If we have 90+ db dynamic range available, we reduce that to 2. If we have 20+ db headroom, we reduce that to 0.01. We assume that absolutely everyone wants it LOUD at all costs. There was a time ( 1960 AM radio fringe coverage ) when this made some sense, but became obsolete about 1970 with FM. I will agree that if gain is always being increased to a floor automagically, something is quite wrong. -- Cowboy http://cowboy.cwf1.com The University of California Bears announced the signing of Reggie Philbin to a letter of intent to attend Cal next Fall. Philbin is said to make up for no talent by cheating well. Says Philbin of his decision to attend Cal, "I'm in it for the free ride." _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
