RE: Rip Report

Thanks for the tutorial.

 

Mike

 

 

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2018 10:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [EAC] Rip Report

 

  

On Jun 6, 2018, at 9:08 PM, 'M' [email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:

So if the peak volume level is 85% does that mean that the CD was created with that max volume level?  Do different peak levels on different tracks just reflect that some are more louder or softer than others or is this something where we see different sound levels from song to song?

 

“Yes" to both of your questions; you’ve got it.  

 

The right (as defined by me) way to master a CD for maximum resolution is to work with the artist to assure that the tracks have the desirable relative volumes with one another and then to set the overall gain such that the peaks for the collection of tracks approach 100% on the CD master.  If you’ve got an acoustic folk guitar track and a Jimi-Hendrix-at-Woodstock track on the same CD, you would expect the peak levels to be significantly different — and it would not be a sign of poor mastering if the acoustic folk guitar track didn’t peak near 100%


Regards,
  Fred Maxwell
  Moderator, Exact Audio Copy Yahoogroup