Hello, could someone advise me on how to use the volume change? If I do “Effects” and “Amplifie”, it takes a lot longer than “Effects” and “Normalize”. Usually when it comes to music obtained through vinyl record players, I use “Normalize” since the grounding of this type of player is not usually as good as that of CDs. But because it is very fast, I am curious about the differences.
Do both of these commands perform the same operation? When should I use one and when should I use another?
Thank you very much.
I’m using:
Linux Mint MATE 1.22.2 - LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia - base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Audacity 2.2.1
I’m not sure about the release I’m using but I’ve installed Audacity using Application Manager which came with Linux Mint
Could it be important too: my PC is a HP 1000 Notebook with Intel I3 and 4GB RAM. If i’ve missed something, please ask me.
That’s surprising. For me, Normalize takes longer than Amplify, which is what I would expect because (by default) Normalize does DC offset correction as well as amplifying.
waxcylinder and steve, you’re right: I’ve checked and actually “Amplify” is a bit faster than “Normalize”.
As recommend in the manual, I will use the “Normalize” command only when there is DC offset and even then only with the “Normalize stereo channels independently” option unchecked.