[64studio-devel] RMS analysis

[Quentin Harley]

Daniel James wrote:
> On the command line:
>
> $ normalize -bv *.wav
>
> will list RMS average and peak dBFS values.
>

Thanks far that!

> It's OK to use tools like this for analysis, but it's best to trust 
> your ears when using JAMin. Sometimes you want to make a track quieter 
> than the maximum possible subjective loudness, in order to make it fit 
> with the other music on the CD.

My point exactly.  They don't say good mastering engineers have good 
tools.  They have "golden ears"

What I want to do is get an initial gain for each track, and then make 
them work.  The problem is not to make it work, but not to gradually go 
down in volume so much that you get a fright when the CD starts again.  
Ok, it's not that bad, but then again, I'm a bit of a perfectionist in 
that regard. 

Cheers,
Quentin