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jenoa
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_ 		23. January 2005 @ 07:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi

i've recorded a show from the radio, and the peaks are about 75/80%, should i normalize the audio? or leave it like it is? will there be any loss in quality if i normalize?

and if i should normalize, what peaklevel is recommended then?

// jenoa
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djscoop
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_ 		24. January 2005 @ 10:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I personally would leave it at 75/80%. Thats not that bad. I would only normalize if it was under 60%. There will only be quality loss if it is in compressed format, like mp3, and you have to decode it, then re-encode it. But if it uncompressed, like wav, it should be fine. When I normalize low files, I ususally do around 92/95%, depending on the song. I don't like having the sound files maxed out at 100%. What program are you using to do this with? I know there are free programs, like Kristal and Audacity, but have never tried them.
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jenoa
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_ 		25. January 2005 @ 03:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Okey, it's an uncompressed wave-file.

I'm using sony soundforge 7.0...

Thanks.
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djscoop
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_ 		25. January 2005 @ 13:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sound forge should work fine, and normalizing an uncompressed audio file shouldn't deteriorate the quality too much.
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jenoa
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_ 		7. February 2005 @ 05:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hmm, what's the difference between normalizing and using the "volume" tool in soundforge? is changing the volume the same as normalizing or how does normalizing work?
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