i've been using mp3gain for some time now but recently aked myself if i'm not using it in a wrong way. i've read eans blog post on this and the numberous threads that already exist on this topic but i'm still not sure about some points concerning clipping of tracks.
thats basically what i've done till now without caring if the tracks were red and clipping indicated in mp3gain. but i want to make sure that this has no impact on the quality of the mp3s. clipping is bad and there has to be a reason for it being indicated in mp3gain. just for clarification here's a pic showing what clipping is:Originally Posted by ean (blog post on mp3gain)
when i analize some of my track it looks like this:
as much as i understood i don't have to care about the clipping indication in the clipping column although i don't realy understand what this is meant to tell me..
now i process the files (with the avoid clipping option on) and it looks like this:
you see the two tracks with the clipping indication in the clip track column were changed (1st from 94.2db to 92.7db, 2nd from 97.1db to 94.1db) but not to the targeted volume of 95db. this is a little confusing to me. does it mean that those tracks were already too loud and now were set down in volume to avoid the loudest part being cut? if so, what should i do with this tracks now as they are clearly quieter then the others and i'll just have to boost them up with the gain on the external mixer and thats basically what i want to avoid and therefore use mp3gain.
i would appreciate if someone could shed some light on this as normalizing mp3s is a recurring process and i don't want to do anything wrong there.
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