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I agree with your feedback -- although I always close those pop-ups as soon as they appear, it shouldn't cover a crucial part of the UI like that. I didn't get

by davedx 14y ago

I agree with your feedback -- although I always close those pop-ups as soon as they appear, it shouldn't cover a crucial part of the UI like that. I didn't get the sound level thing -- I know it's possible to batch-normalize sound files though, shouldn't be a massive thing for them to fix. Agree with your other points. Hope the OP takes them on board, it's a site with massive potential!

mattmanser 14y ago
Yes, after listening to a few more it was only one song that was especially quiet and I must have left my speakers turned up last night so didn't notice. It just so happened it was the first song I listened to. It can be a problem with self-made indie music sometimes, not everyone realizes they should do a final mastering step that's pretty essential. A friend's band for example did the same thing and you end up just taking it off your rotation as it's irritating to have the sound level suddenly change on shuffle.
- andrewcooke 14y ago
  find . -name "*.mp3" -exec mp3gain -r -p -c \{} \; on unix will set the volume level for all mp3s below the current directory so that they sound similar. it sets metadata, so it doesn't change the signal itself (ie it's reversible). as for the site linked - if you're going to have a blog about your business, have an easy-to-find link to the business on the same page (i couldn't find it and ended up editing the url).
  - wickedchicken 14y ago
    It's slightly more complicated than that -- depending on how the track was compressed or limited you end up having to make a decision to apply that light compression/limiting (possibly altering how a musician wanted their track to be heard) or 'compromise' by lowering the volume of all tracks to give enough headroom for the especially quiet ones to be scaled up. The more 'uniform' you want your tracks to be, the more aggressive compression you have to apply.
    - adamzochowski 14y ago
      But that is exactly how both Replay Gain and EBU R128 behave. Initial set of conditions: - we want music to have uniform volume - we want louder parts be slightly louder - we want quieter parts be slightly quieter In the end, over compressed songs are penalized. Songs that are recorded too quiet are pumped up. But it is a per song setting, leaving song to song progression on same level. Here is a discussion on comparing how Replay Gain and EBU R128 algorithms http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=86424 http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8642...
      - wickedchicken 14y ago
        > In the end, over compressed songs are penalized. OK, that's what I'm saying though. You can attach 'loudness scores' to songs all you want, but eventually you have to pump it through a fixed-range DAC and have to make some tradeoffs :).
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  - chanux 14y ago
    I just clicked "click to listen" button.

by davedx 14y ago

mattmanser 14y ago

Yes, after listening to a few more it was only one song that was especially quiet and I must have left my speakers turned up last night so didn't notice. It just so happened it was the first song I listened to. It can be a problem with self-made indie music sometimes, not everyone realizes they should do a final mastering step that's pretty essential. A friend's band for example did the same thing and you end up just taking it off your rotation as it's irritating to have the sound level suddenly change on shuffle.

andrewcooke 14y ago
find . -name "*.mp3" -exec mp3gain -r -p -c \{} \; on unix will set the volume level for all mp3s below the current directory so that they sound similar. it sets metadata, so it doesn't change the signal itself (ie it's reversible). as for the site linked - if you're going to have a blog about your business, have an easy-to-find link to the business on the same page (i couldn't find it and ended up editing the url).
- wickedchicken 14y ago
  It's slightly more complicated than that -- depending on how the track was compressed or limited you end up having to make a decision to apply that light compression/limiting (possibly altering how a musician wanted their track to be heard) or 'compromise' by lowering the volume of all tracks to give enough headroom for the especially quiet ones to be scaled up. The more 'uniform' you want your tracks to be, the more aggressive compression you have to apply.
  - adamzochowski 14y ago
    But that is exactly how both Replay Gain and EBU R128 behave. Initial set of conditions: - we want music to have uniform volume - we want louder parts be slightly louder - we want quieter parts be slightly quieter In the end, over compressed songs are penalized. Songs that are recorded too quiet are pumped up. But it is a per song setting, leaving song to song progression on same level. Here is a discussion on comparing how Replay Gain and EBU R128 algorithms http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=86424 http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8642...
    - wickedchicken 14y ago
      > In the end, over compressed songs are penalized. OK, that's what I'm saying though. You can attach 'loudness scores' to songs all you want, but eventually you have to pump it through a fixed-range DAC and have to make some tradeoffs :).
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- chanux 14y ago
  I just clicked "click to listen" button.