zachd [ms],

You're a genius. That must be it. I wouldn't have thought to look there.

I'll try it tomorrow.

I bet that does the trick.

Thanks again,

Mark


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Audio Nut


"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> What did you use to burn the CD? The setting under WMP's
> Tools:Optionsevices:<burning drive>:Properties:Qualities for "Apply volume
> leveling" might be of interest... ?
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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>
> "zlevine" <zlevine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news5D3A461-FB52-4E58-B5D4-62A0A78FB4D6@microsoft.com...
> >I ripped Santana "Maria Maria" using WMP 10 at it's lossless setting. The
> >CD
> > that was burned had lower volume than the original for that track.
> > Upon investigation I found that the original track was severly clipped due
> > to a lot of bass. The copy waveshape from the burned CD was a close
> > approximation to the original except the maximum digital level was reduced
> > from 32,6xx to 14,5xx.
> > There were other songs on the burned CD from other artists and they were
> > not
> > effected.
> >
> > Is there normalization of some kind built into WMP 10 that kicks in when
> > the
> > signal level is high? Can it be disabled?
> >
> > Thanks...
> > --
> > Audio Nut
>
>
>