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NEW: Improved audio analysis and volume leveling (R128)
Adhara:
If volume leveling only or volume leveling + adaptative volume are enabled, is MC internal volume disabled ?
So that means the only way to play louder or quiet is to deal with DAC volume.
I have some difficulties to understand in wich case I have to use this way or this way and what is the better way...
BabyFace:
Just finished the re-analysis of my entire library. Went faster than I expected.
I do have about 15 files that will not analyze. They just stay at 0% forever and while MC still plays, it's basically locked up and I have to kill it.
Does anyone at JRiver want a copy of one of these audio files to test with?
Matt:
--- Quote from: 6233638 on September 10, 2013, 04:47:45 am ---What you are probably hearing, is exactly what R128 was designed to do. R128 plays back both files at the same volume level, regardless of their dynamic range.
Previously, tracks with a compressed dynamic range (a lot of modern music) would sound a lot louder than well mastered tracks with a lot of dynamic range.
Subjectively, most people will pick the louder of two tracks as sounding "better" regardless of how it was mastered.
When you eliminate the difference in volume between the two, you can now identify which track is more dynamic.
So the move towards R128 in broadcast now discourages the use of compressors when mastering music, because all it does is make your music sound worse, rather than making a trade-off between dynamics and loudness. (because you don't get the loudness benefit from it any more)
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This is very well put.
The same goes for moving to R128 in software like JRiver (and hopefully all others eventually). It's a way to fight the loudness war.
Adhara:
Hi,
I tried both volume adaptive + volume leveling after having analyzed all my audio files (9k in 2 hours).
But I'm not able to hear a difference with and without. And some audio tracks play louder than others...So I suspect it doesn't work at all for me.
Any explanation ? How to test or verify ?
Thanks
InflatableMouse:
--- Quote from: BabyFace on September 11, 2013, 08:38:18 am ---Just finished the re-analysis of my entire library. Went faster than I expected.
I do have about 15 files that will not analyze. They just stay at 0% forever and while MC still plays, it's basically locked up and I have to kill it.
Does anyone at JRiver want a copy of one of these audio files to test with?
--- End quote ---
Can you download AudioTester and test the files? No install, single executable. Just start it and drag/drop the files onto it.
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