TSGL: A PROGRAM TO CONTROL THE SOUND ON A CD

[The Computer Whisperer]

Toni, what you are doing is fine, keep putting them to CD-RW until you
have a complete CD that your happy with.

you can do it in bits and pieces, the only thing wrong with doing that
is every time you write a new session (a new song or a couple of songs
at once) to your disc, you will waste 10MB or 1 minute of audio space.
no big deal.

I would worry about normalizing the tracks after you have a full CD's
worth of songs as normalisation works by analysing the volume levels
of all tracks on the CD, and adjusting the volume of each,
individually, to even them out in comparison to each other.

once you have a full CD of tracks, then you will need to export the
tracks (which is where all these clever programs everyone keeps
mentioning comes in) to WAV format 44kHz 16bit stereo (if my memory
serves me correctly).

>From this point you need to normalise the volume of the tracks as a
group. so make sure whatever program your using to normalise with,
that it allows you to select multiple WAV files, otherwise your just
normalising a track against itself, ie. there will be no difference in
the comparison.

All WAV files to be included on the one audio disc need to be
normalised against each other.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Justin



On 07/08/06, Beezersmom at aol.com <Beezersmom at aol.com> wrote:
> Dieter:
> WOW, thank you for all of the information and for taking the  time to explain
> it to me "in plain English" that I  understand.
> Only one question, if I'm burning music I should burn it to an  audio rather
> than a CD-R or a CD-RW, is this correct?
> Again, that you so much for all that you've done for  me.
> Toni
>
>
> Here is  my 5 cents' worth.  I've been using Nero to burn my CDs; have also
> been using other applications.  As far as I know, the normalization  function
> can only be performed on WAV files.  Thus, if your files are  already in WAV
> format, normalization proceeds from there running an equal  audio volume scan
> of the entire set of files to be burned. If the files  are in MP3 format,
> they will first be auto-converted (by the software) to  WAV and then
> normalized for burning purposes (if you have enabled the  normalize
> function).  All of these functions can be witnessed as part  of the
> pre-burning process.
>
> To make an audio CD means to burn the  files in WAV format.  Otherwise, other
> formats will be identified,  such as MP3 or WMA.
>
> The format of the files in HD storage or elsewhere  remain unchanged.
>
> Normalizing serves no purpose if there is only one  audio file to be checked.
> Normalization is meant to qualize the volume  levels of the entire file
> package, i.e., of all the songs which are to be  burned at the same time.
> That's why usually the 2 additioinal scans are  being performed prior to
> burning.
>
> To burn and review files one at a  time using CD-RW media appears to me a
> useless functions.  All files  can be listened to and reviewed while on HD.
> Those files you wish to  consider for burning can be stored in a separate
> folder.  That  separate folder can then be burned in its entirety, enabling
> the  normalization process first.
>
> I hope that helped.
>
> Dieter /  Nor*Cal
>
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