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Originally Posted by 24-96 Mastering  I'd still humbly propose to make compensated files the default download, and an alternative unmatched version for those that believe that digital attenuation at 24 or even 32 bits is inherently evil...
...reason being that this is Gearslutz and in all likelihood many participants won't compensate level on their end. |
Well there are other reasons why I'm reluctant to adjust them all destructively. There is 3 different mixes per converter file & some converters alter the levels differently from one piece of music to the next even though they were all run directly through the converter as one continuous audio file. So for example one sample might have the same peak level as the original digital file but be hotter by 0.1dB RMS but then in a different piece of music the same converter file might might be down -0.2dB in it's peak level but is still only 0.1dB RMS louder. Then in the 3rd piece of music it might be down -0.1dB in Peak levels but up +0.2dB in RMS levels. Should I ignore peak values & just change RMS values per piece of music?
Also if I lower levels should I be adding 24bit TPDF dither? Wouldn't adding it or not adding it slightly change the sound?
You can see what I mean when you open this can of worms... what
is the best way to match levels in a case like this? Obviously for the file that's 2.1dB in difference it needs to be done but with small differences of 0.1 should we bother or are we going to do more harm than good?
Just saying...