🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 6 May 2000 21:14:59 +0100, Marcus Durham
<Marcus@zenn.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <957384778.8905.0.nnrp-03.d4e48792@news.demon.co.uk> David
>Haworth <dave@fyonn.net> shared the following with us in demon.tech.pc:
>>does anyone here know of a program that will go through my mp3's, find the
>>maximum volume and normalsie the other's to have that max volume?
>[snip]
>
>Well you'd have to compress and decompress them. And that would lead to
>a loss in sound quality.
>
>Or you could buy a compressor. Something decent starts at three grand
>:-)
There are software compressors[1] around if you look (I don't have any
links.), but they wont do anything for the quality. The effects of
sound compression are what makes FM radio[2] sound very flat when
compared to a CD.

One method, which involves more work, but will give a much better
result, is to use the Presets system in Winamp. This allows you to set
the Pre-Amp volume as well as any other EQ settings for a track, it
will then use these settings when playing that track in the future.


1. Sound level, rather than file format.
2. FM radio is capable of extremely good quality, but is mutilated to
pander to people with Boomboxes etc.

Mark