Re: Question on using mp3gain

The volume control has no effect on the digital out on the AT, only the analog.


On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:48:23 -0600, Jeff Hayes <[email protected]> wrote:
At least with your being much LOUDER, you can always
> use the AT's volume control to bring it down closer to your other source's
> levels.  Unfortunately, the AT only has attenuation, not gain as part of
> the user interface.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
> At 01:38 PM 1/17/2005, you wrote:
> >Weird.  My AT is much louder than the digital out on my DVD player.
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:25:53 -0600, Jeff Hayes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > The biggest thing that
> > > irritates the heck out of me is the fact that the audio coming out of the
> > > digital out on the Audiotron is one HECK of alot lower than that of other
> > > digital coax/optical sources I have... so if I switch the whole-house audio
> > > source from AT to CD player or something, I have to run all over the house
> > > to knock down the volume knobs quite a few notches to prevent being
> > > evicted.. or eviscerated by the wife.  :)
> > >
> > > Thanks, Brent.
> > >
> > > Regs,
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > > At 12:46 PM 1/17/2005, you wrote:
> > > >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.
> > >
> > > JEFF HAYES      [email protected]
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> JEFF HAYES      [email protected]
> Member, Group Technical Staff
> Digital Audio System Specialist
> Imaging and Audio Group
> (281)-274-3131  OFFICE
> (281)-274-4381  FAX
>
> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
> 12203 SW Freeway MS 701
> Stafford, TX 77477
>


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handle.
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