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    Default Normalize A Track For CDJ's?

    Probably a ridiculous question but out of curiosity, does anyone use mp3gain to normalize a track before burning the tracks to a cd or to a USB stick?

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    I would think most better CDJs have either auto-gain or you adjust it yourself. Few tracks have lower signal, mostly album ripoffs from the seventies/eighties when we had no volume wars.
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    whenever i'm burning a CD, there's a normalization feature on the program.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luconia View Post
    whenever i'm burning a CD, there's a normalization feature on the program.
    What program do you use?
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebr4nd View Post
    What program do you use?
    I use Roxio

    oh and to be safe, do not run anything other than the burning software alone.
    I used to multitask while burning CDs, no matter how branded the blank cd there's always fault & failed burning process.

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    I use Platinum Notes. A little pricy but worth it in my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 123xyz View Post
    Probably a ridiculous question but out of curiosity, does anyone use mp3gain to normalize a track before burning the tracks to a cd or to a USB stick?
    mp3gain doesn't normalize. normalizing means making the absolute signal peaks equal across tracks. mp3gain instead tries to adjust the loudness which is different.

    practically, i would neither normalize nor mp3gain my tracks. i wouldn't normalize because all modern tracks come normalized already. it's done during mastering. i wouldn't run tracks through mp3gain. for one, it's inaccurate. for another, i prefer to simply adjust the gain on the mixer. i feel that from looking at the meter and from pre-listening to the track, i can better judge what's the right gain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pychonaut
    for one, it's inaccurate. for another, i prefer to simply adjust the gain on the mixer. i feel that from looking at the meter and from pre-listening to the track, i can better judge what's the right gain.
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