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RE: No but you can avoid it

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In Reply to: RE: Can this rip be saved? posted by LtMandella on January 06, 2023 at 18:24:00

You'll have to re-record that album but I'd pay attention to the recording level that keeps you out of the red when you do. And then start using that recording level for all your recordings. I found that wasting time reviewing or re-recording albums trying to get a max level wasn't worth it. I stick to one recording level for all my albums and use Audacity's Loudness Normalization function to get consistent playback levels. It just seemed like there wasn't much difference in the noise floor between recording at a max level and risking clipping vs recording with plenty of headroom and then normalizing.
Edit: Plenty of headroom doesn't mean recording levels set too low. As 13th Duke of Wymbourne suggests, keep the levels within a reasonable range.

Edits: 01/08/23

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RE: No but you can avoid it - LtMandella 07:23:17 01/07/23 (1)
[[It just
seemed like there wasn't much difference in the noise floor between
recording at a max level and risking clipping vs recording with plenty of
headroom and then normalizing.]]

agreed! I will be significantly lowering my level permanently :)
Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Mark Twain
- RE: No but you can avoid it - AbeCollins 16:46:11 01/07/23 (0)
  Don't lower your level TOO low!
  
  One well known Asylum Inmate sent me a thumb drive of DSD recordings he made with his TASCAM DA-3000. I believe he was trying for maximum dynamic range by not allowing the signal to come ANYWHERE NEAR clipping. He recorded at such low levels that I had to crank my Volume way way up beyond normal.
  
  Yet, his music sounded dead with no dynamics - in a word "anemic".

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