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...
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Audio Nut

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... ?

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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

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.
> --
>
> "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
>
>
>