by bkenobi69 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:15 pm
I have noticed this on some tracks and here is the reason (as near as I can figure).
1) If you have an album that is mixed correctly, all tracks will be basically the same base volume. When you level the tracks by album, the whole thing will change volume slightly based on the volume difference between the album average volume and the set volume (89dB by default). If your album was either mixed poorly or is a compilation of some kind (and not remixed), the volumes could vary dramatically. In this case, some tracks could be so quiet that you will have a difficult time hearing them while others might be fine.
2) Another possibility is that a track has an average volume and a peak volume that are very different. If MM relevels the track based on the peak volume (as it should to avoid clipping), then the majority of the track could be too quiet.
I'm not sure which of these I have a problem with, but on one of my NIN albums, at least one track is so quiet that I can't hear anything for the first couple minutes. At that point, it gets pretty loud. I believe that whoever mixed the track and/or album was on something!

I have noticed this on some tracks and here is the reason (as near as I can figure).
1) If you have an album that is mixed correctly, all tracks will be basically the same base volume. When you level the tracks by album, the whole thing will change volume slightly based on the volume difference between the album average volume and the set volume (89dB by default). If your album was either mixed poorly or is a compilation of some kind (and not remixed), the volumes could vary dramatically. In this case, some tracks could be so quiet that you will have a difficult time hearing them while others might be fine.
2) Another possibility is that a track has an average volume and a peak volume that are very different. If MM relevels the track based on the peak volume (as it should to avoid clipping), then the majority of the track could be too quiet.
I'm not sure which of these I have a problem with, but on one of my NIN albums, at least one track is so quiet that I can't hear anything for the first couple minutes. At that point, it gets pretty loud. I believe that whoever mixed the track and/or album was on something! :wink: