quoted 3 lines Kent says:> Kent says:
> As far as mis-preparation goes, normalizing to 0dB (full code) is the
> quickest way to make the encoder screw up.
I don't understand the point of normalizing at all. You're just adding
another generation or processing to the sound. By normalizing you fuck with
the levels that the artist made when they mastered the CD. Most hip hop (and
most pop/IDM for that matter) CDs these days are mastered at very high
levels, where most 'classical' and artsy music is recorded at lower, more
'proper' levels. High mastering levels to tend to deaden the subtleties of
sounds, but for most pop this is not a problem.
I'm guessing that the high-volume mastering is done to compensate for
low-power walkmans and a going-deaf generation of walkman-addicted kids, but
in any event I would never sumbit my tunes to normalization. If the levels
were good enough for the artist, they're good enough for me.
Unless you're suggesting that non-standard mastering levels affect the
ability of the MP3 encoder to accurately encode the sound, in which case I
would be full of shit. Which I am.
-cf
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