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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows => Topic started by: snowman on August 28, 2013, 06:21:21 pm

Title: MC19 - Where is the Intensity Field?
Post by: snowman on August 28, 2013, 06:21:21 pm

Hello,

Downloaded and installed MC19 and noticed the Intensity field from the Manage Library Fields is no longer listed. All other custom fields are there.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

Snowman

Title: Re: MC19 - Where is the Intensity Field?
Post by: MrC on August 28, 2013, 06:32:15 pm

It was removed with the new Dynamic Range system.

Title: Re: MC19 - Where is the Intensity Field?
Post by: snowman on August 31, 2013, 04:58:20 pm

Interesting.

I kind of like that feature.

What do I need to do to get some sort of the same result?

Thanks

Title: Re: MC19 - Where is the Intensity Field?
Post by: Matt on September 01, 2013, 10:42:48 am

The new fields 'Dynamic Range (R128)' and 'Dynamic Range (DR)' provide dynamic range information.  As MrC said, this is similar to the old 'Intensity' field.

Generally speaking, things with low dynamic range (small values in the new fields) are more intense.  For example, hard rock is often loud from the start of a song to the end -- there's little dynamic range.

Piano music often has periods of silence with bursts of noise.  This type of music has a higher dynamic range (and lower intensity on the old scale).

This gets a little more complicated since modern mastering techniques also change the dynamic range, but both the old and new system are affected by this.