Re: mp3gain question

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:14:20 +0100, Graeme Hood <G.Hood@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>MP3s made from vinyl record, all show around 88-90 dB volume and are way
too
>quiet on the AT compared to burned CDs which come in at 92-98 dB.
>But even if I set the "Target Normal Volume" to 90 rather than the 89
>default, it shows tracks will be clipped. If I set it to the mid-nineties
in
>order to be similar to the CD volumes, all tracks will be clipped.
>Why?
>Is there no way to get vinyl MP3s to the same volume as CDs without
>clipping?

The problem isn't that your vinyls are too soft, but that today's CDs are
too loud. CDs today are highly compressed, so they have much less dynamic
range (someone's idea of making them sound "better").

I recommend that you adjust the gain down on your CD mp3s so that they
match your vinyls.

Paul.

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