Target Volume and Peak Amplitude

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Target Volume and Peak Amplitude

Post by nikkiscruz » Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:55 am

Dear Audacity people,
I got another program called mp3Gain so I could get an actual volume number. On mp3gain you can change the target volume to whatever you want. Audacity has a peak amplitude instead right? So, is it possible to somehow get them to mean the same thing? (so that I can get equal results not on 2 separate scales)-nikki

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Re: Target Volume and Peak Amplitude

Post by steve » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:28 pm

MP3Gain and ReplayGain use quite a complex statistical algorithm to calculate the perceived loudness (read about ReplayGain here: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php ... cification )
Audacity does not currently implement ReplayGain but there is a feature request for it here:
"Replay Gain or RMS: (14 votes) The current peak value normalization is far from what human ears perceive. If hard to implement, we can normalize to RMS (light blue in waveform) values instead "
I can add your vote if you would like.
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

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