Re: Question on using mp3gain

Never forget that the figure reported by MP3Gain is NOT the maximum
loudness, but the "perceived" loudness. Too many people see "89dB" and think
"Gosh, that's too quiet", but miss the fact that peaks in the song can go
(much) higher than that.

The key is just to ensure that there is no clipping, whatever your target
is.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Aliverti" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 01:46 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Question on using mp3gain


> Yeah...I know that redbook audio supports a theoretical 96db of dynamic
> range. But I don't think that necessarily transfers across to saying that
> the RMS loudness of a track is optimal when it is 96 (according to
MP3Gain).
> I could be wrong on that, though.
>
> I've always been a little puzzled by how RMS is expressed anyway. For
> instance, SoundForge expresses RMS as a negative number, with 0 being the
> theoretical maximum loudness. A track that MP3Gain lists as having an RMS
of
> 94 might equate to an RMS value of -16.5 db in SoundForge.