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Devices => Sound Cards, DAC's, Receivers, Speakers, and Headphones => Topic started by: Matt on April 11, 2015, 07:52:29 am

Title: The little things
Post by: Matt on April 11, 2015, 07:52:29 am

I was playing to my headphones and the volume wasn't really high enough.

I had 'Volume Leveling' enabled and it was cutting the level too much.

So then I dug through DSP Studio and saw 'Adaptive Volume'.  Hey, I bet that would be just the ticket.  I turned on 'Adaptive Volume' in 'Peak Level Normalize' mode and everything is wonderful.

Sometimes the little touches make all the difference.

Title: Re: The little things
Post by: dean70 on April 12, 2015, 05:34:13 pm

Volume leveling is great so long as you have enoght gain headroom. With headphones connected to a DAC, the gain is not high enough without peak level normalize. Maybe there could be a "headphone mode" for volume leveling?

Title: Re: The little things
Post by: 6233638 on April 12, 2015, 06:03:45 pm

Quote from: dean70 on April 12, 2015, 05:34:13 pm

Maybe there could be a "headphone mode" for volume leveling?

Anything louder than the -23 LUFS target would start to work against the benefits of the R128 system, as you would be running out of headroom and playback would start to become uneven.
I do think that we need controls to adjust the target (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=96744.msg667408#msg667408), but combining Volume Leveling with Peak Normalization should give the best possible results if you have run out of amplification.