From: Magnus Holmgren <magnushol_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:28:33 +0200

Dan Everton wrote:

> How does this compare to just adding ReplayGain tags to your files?
> IIRC, the ReplayGain code currently supports both a pre-amp and an
> "avoid clipping" setting.

The "avoid clipping" setting for ReplayGain is completely different. It
looks at the stored peak value. If that is larger than 1.0, the volume
for the entire track is reduced to avoid clipping.

Some ReplayGain implementations have a soft clipping option, which is
more like a limiter.

   Magnus
Received on 2009-07-15