Hi

I have a question about normalizing uncompressed recordings from fm broadcastings, when should I use normalizing? have a few recordings with peakleves around 70% and up, should I normalize these ones or just leave them as they are?

and if I should normalize, what should I set the levels to?

I would recommend using Replaygain instead of Normalizing. Normalizing permanently edits the datastream whereas Replaygain only sets a tag value on how should the volume be modified for optimal playback results.

thanks!

Depends on what you want to do with the files. Default is not to change the audio in any way, thus to avoid normalizing. Borisz' suggestion does this.

Hello,

To achieve a true normalization uses some specific software of edition to the of treatment:

Cool Edict Pro 2.0, Wavelab 5.0 MagiX Samplitude 7.. etc..

One doesn't need an expensive wav editor for that simple task, although I'm using CEP.
It should be possible with EAC's (costs: 0€) wav editor, for example.
Normalization in 16bit (audio CD) format is a very simple process; it just multiplies every sample with the same normalization factor. Note that there are no differences in the quality between different programs, unless the audio is dithered.

Hello precisionist,

I gave out a personal opinion rightly because I make the mastering audio, and there I believe over to know the finality of the product.
Otherwise, with regard to the price to our time, NET doesn't endure a no reproach.

To make is a thing but well to make differs by far.

Please stop talking gibberish.

Normalizing is a well understood process and there are no quality differences in it, except if you use dithering, as was already stated above.

I apologize Garf, you are perfectly right.
The goal of the forum resides in the sharing of the ideas and no in the "friction of the terms"

To soon Garf