ReplayGain

[Billzab]

(11-02-2018 18:42)timster Wrote:  

(11-02-2018 18:28)Billzab Wrote:  

(11-02-2018 16:57)timster Wrote:  And just to be clear, do NOT use Replay Gain (Apply) - that's the one the applies to gain to the file.

Thanks a Timster. I have dbpoweramp and I have downloaded the codec. I see the option in the batch conversion and I will do a test on a folder. I am a bit confused by your last comment above as I don’t see this option. Am I missing something?

Bill.

That's why I was a bit reticent not to mention it initially. Then I thought better of it. Now I'm wondering again...

There are two ways to do it basically. The utility codec which you select from the Converting To.. drop-down in the main Convert window as described. This merely rewrites the tags in-situ. But there is also the Options->Add->DSP Effects at the bottom, where you can select to do the replay gain when actually converting from, say, WAV to FLAC etc. There are two version in there - the tag one, and the apply one.
Obviously by being explicit about what NOT to do I only added complexity!

Thanks a Timster. I appear to only be adding a tag, which is all I want to do. Although I have selected album gain, it still shows as a track gain in the IDtag, but I assume that is OK. I have added the settings in MinimWatch, to match yours, so hopefully all will be well. It’s is taking while to run the convert on my compilations folder, so it will take a few days to do all my albums.

Thanks for the heads up on this, via the Linn forum, I am sure it will save my walls rattling when my playlist jumps from a 70’ track to a 2000’s track.

Bill.