i have some questions about replay gain settings in MC9:
(i) firstly i would like to know why the default settings for replay gain in MC9 are so low, 83 db (or -17db) i think, as opposed to 89db in MP3 gain. Not only are my recording levels on burning cds using replay gain very low, but the sound quality is reduced because the signal is pushed down relative to the noise level.
(ii) given that the replay gain settings are low, it is pleasing to find that there is a function within replay gain to set an overall gain setting to all files on burning a cd, so that the recording level is higher, and that there is also a function to calculate automatically what the best gain setting is for a given playlist, to maximise recording level without clipping. however if one track in the playlist has only been reduced by say 2db in replay gain, and most by around 10-15db, then the calculated gain setting will only be around +2db or slightly higher, meaning that most of the tracks will be substantially quieter on burning to cd. is there another way of making the overall gain level higher without clipping (but still using all of the tracks!!)?
(iii) say a track was reduced by 7db in audio analysis, and then i applied an overall gain setting of +7db. would there be any processing of the file when i burn to cd, or will it just be left alone (i.e. will the two processes/calculations cancel each other out). is there even any processing on a track that isn't boosted or reduced in audio analysis?
(iv) finally, if having applied replay gain to a given playlist to burn to cd there is a noticeable difference in a couple of the tracks, is there a way of manually adjusting the gain level of these tracks so that they come into line with the others, but still keeping all of the other replay gain settings the same?
thanks for your help, nick...........