MP3 Question (1 Viewer)

[Matthew Brown]

Kyle -
Thanks! Is it too late if I already have the songs saved as MP3's?

 

[Ted Lee]

matthew -

i believe (but am not sure) that if you've already ripped the tracks, then it's too late to normalize them.

i do recommend if you decide to normalize to do a few test tracks first and see if you hear a difference.

i didn't like normalizing the mp3 files because it tended to compress the dynamic range too much for me. the songs sounded kinda muffly. i figured since i was already compressing, i didn't want to "make it worse" by normalizing.

obviously, ymmv...

 

[Matthew Brown]

Ted -
Good point about the nmormalizing. I think I was kind of lucky on my cd where the majority of the songs are pretty much on the same level. A few seemed pretty low so I think I would rather have a couple of songs lower than the other than the other way around. It would blow the speakers!

Thanks!

 

[Andy Olivera]

It depends on what method of normalization we're talking about. Normalizing by "peak" level doesn't alter the dynamic range. It doesn't give as consistant a volume as "average" level, but it can make the differences less extreme without damaging the recording.