[studiorecorder] Re: Normalization question
- From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
- To: <studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:13:44 -0400
Phil:
With the meter, they are the left and right peaks. Neal was using the
Measurements dialog. The meter does what I described, that is, taking
the largest of the positive and negative peaks, and using that for the
peak.
>>> phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx 06/23/06 02:52PM >>>
Hi Rob,
So are you saying that the two numbers you get with the alt+a peak
announcement are the positive and negative peaks?
I thought they were the left and right channel positive peaks!
smiles,
Phil who should know more about audio editing but doesn't.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
To: <studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:45 PM
Subject: [studiorecorder] Re: Normalization question
> Neal:
>
> The answer is that you need to look at the positive and the negative
> peak. They normally don't match, and the one with the largest value
is
> used to determine the normalize offset. I'll bet your negative peak
in
> this case was very close to 0 to begin with. That would explain the
> clipping when forcing the positive value to 0dB.
>
> Note: this is normal; all audio programs work this way.
>
> Rob Meredith
>
>>>> neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/23/06 02:31PM >>>
> Rob, On several occasions when using SR, I normalize a file to 0 DB
> and
> when I check the measurements, the positive peak is something like
> minus
> 3.2 or something like that. When I raise the volume to 0 with the
> volume module, the file is distorted. If I undo the volume change
and
> try normalizing again, I am told that the file is already at the
level
> I
> have set. It is often a mono file. I know there is an answer here,
I
> just don't know what it is. I bet, however, that you do. So, may
we
> have your wisdom on this one?
>
> Neal
>
>
>
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