[LAU] Batch normalising wav files

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 05:31:59PM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:

> in a presentation i heard recently, the presenter played a metallica
> single, in direct comparison to pink noise at full scale. the metallica
> mix was significantly louder. go figure...

That's cheating. Pink (or any color) noise doesn't have a defined
peak/RMS ratio. If it's Gaussian its peak value is unlimited.

In practice, at normal sample rates, you get something like 11.5 dB
for a few minutes and around 13 dB after an hour or so. But if you
wait long enough you can get any value.

Currrent mastering techniques easily do better than 11.5 dB, so
no surprise...


Ciao,

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