Normalize Function When Ripping To Mp3?

I think it is to set the volume the same for everything you rip so nothing sounds drastically low where you need to raise the volume, and the next track comes on and blows you away. I think that is what it does.

 

Like stated abov, normalizing is simply a way of keeping a reconrding's levels on-par with everythign else. If you've got a clipping issue that was solved by it, this would make sense, basically in that case, the level was toohigh, and the normalizing backed it off to somethign more usual for your setup. It also works the other way around, making overlyquiet recordings louder. Makes nice when you make a mixed CD.

THis is a technology that's obviosuly not perfect as there's alot of factors to deciding what level a recording SHOULD be at, I often find it rarely if ever kicks in...

 

If its messing with the volume levels I would think it would make it sound weird.

 

Normalizing, as far as Sound Forge or other digital audio editors are concerned, simply means to adjust the peak volume of a selection to a known value. Generally the recommended maximum is -0.5 dB (I think that's 94.49% or something). Doing this is a no-brainer.

Normalizing a set of tunes to be burned to CD, however, means something slightly different. Here it implies that you're adjusting the average volume of those songs so that they will all sound about equal. Doing this is an art.

Using "batch" processors to normalize your MP3 collection, will easily turn into all of the MP3s ruined. It's not something i'd try.

regardless, EZ CD Creator is not very good for burning, as it is.
for something easy... i like Stomp's RecordNow Max.

Further, if you use quality rips, or make your own preferrably, then normalization is not such an issue. But downloading off kazaa or winmx almost guarantees that 7 out of 10 tracks will be crap. How do you fix it? Can't really, seek out another version of the song.

Look for bitrates 192kbps or better. VBR (Variable Bitrate) is usually the best sounding. But you still have the problem of flaws which are part of the orginal mastering, and that... is the problem.

Using torrent sites, you can often find whole albums in FLAC format, which uncompress into perfect WAVs... ideal really, as lossless a compression as you can get... but still, the original flaws remain.

 

I have never had any problems with EzCD.. I dont use it much, but it came free with my DVD burner so I used it a couple of times


Nero owns all though