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Low CD Volume

Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

Lifer
This should probably be in the Software forum, but im sure it is just as valid here.

When i burn a CD (MP3 or CDA) a lot of the songs come out very soft. As a result i have to max out my Car's CD Player in order to even hear them (And trust me 2 Lightning Audio Speakers aren't loud at all; im no thug 😉).

Is there anyway for me to increase the volume that they are burned at or something?

-Kevin
 
Depending on the program you use to burn the audio tracks, there should be an option to normalize the track volumes. If you're just placing the MP3s directly on the disc, you might have to manually modify their volumes beforehand (unless some batch tool is available)
 
oh raising the gain... some recordings are quieter as they have high dynmic range?
recorded so thers a large difference between softest and loudest sounds possible. bad for car though where u can't hear the bloody softest sounds anyways..esp in classical music. so u gotta sorta compress the range. itunes does this even...there are others i'm sure
itunes autogains if u set it to. but its conservative. u can bump each song manually too
 
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Can someone explain clipping to me. Is that the point where you raise the gain too much and it distorts the audio?

-Kevin
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Musical transients, those instant bursts of musical information that are loud, can cause an amp to reach its operating limits. When that happens, the sound wave from the amp is corrupted and it can take the speaker out of its operating limits, thus causing damage to the speaker. It can be seen on an ocilliscope because a square sine wave will become jagged when the amp clips.
 
Ah thats what i thought. Most of my songs aren't Clipping it says. However there are a lot of them that are at ~89 whereas others are ~98. I would like to make them ~102 or something so i dont have to max my stereo out all the time. However whenever i put the GAIN target above 89 EVERYTHING clips.

If i modify the gain can i take it back down with out affecting Audio Quality?

Should i try the gain at ~102 in the CD Player and see if it sounds distorted at all?

-Kevin
 
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