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DR Database
You can also submit your own samples for testing.
Oh, and if you want to vent your frustration and disappointment on this issue feel free!
I have pure rage over this
HULK SMASH!!!!!!!
DR Database
You can also submit your own samples for testing.
Oh, and if you want to vent your frustration and disappointment on this issue feel free!
I have pure rage over this
HULK SMASH!!!!!!!
nice find, bookmarked.
I might contribute to the database too. There is software on their website which I assume does this. (You need to feed it a *.wav or *.mp3) inorder for it to spit back a score.
Clicking on the little i icons on their site spews back a lot of interesting information about the album aswell.
They had better add support for APE and FLAC though or this won't get off the ground.
What they really need on this project is a way for a user to pop in a CD and get the software to compare automatically with the server, and analyze the CD and submit it automatically if it doesn't exist.
Here is a sample of the log data:
http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=30134
I might contribute to the database too. There is software on their website which I assume does this. (You need to feed it a *.wav or *.mp3) inorder for it to spit back a score.
Clicking on the little i icons on their site spews back a lot of interesting information about the album aswell.
They had better add support for APE and FLAC though or this won't get off the ground.
What they really need on this project is a way for a user to pop in a CD and get the software to compare automatically with the server, and analyze the CD and submit it automatically if it doesn't exist.
Here is a sample of the log data:
http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=30134
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It's not that is doesn't sound good John, it that it has been limited to death squashing the dynamic range. Sometimes it sounds good, but most of the time it does not.
My favorite band Sigur Ros has been squashed.
I'm sure a little compression is good for the huge crescendo's with post rock, but when it hits the orgasmic peak in the song, and the amplitude has a 3db rise and has even gone into clipping, it's like masterbation in the cellar next to the water heater like a little troll!
And usually, the vinyl masters are the same, so that doesn't help much.
Of course, some are better or else the needle would not pick up information, it would sound so fuzzy from the signal sinking right into the noise floor
By the way Freax, great album brother!
Maybe we can start a list for different genre's of the best DR recordings.
We can make them sticky's.
I'll start a new thread for my favorite, "post rock" and see if it gets some traction.....cool?
I'm sure a little compression is good for the huge crescendo's with post rock, but when it hits the orgasmic peak in the song, and the amplitude has a 3db rise and has even gone into clipping, it's like masterbation in the cellar next to the water heater like a little troll!
And usually, the vinyl masters are the same, so that doesn't help much.
Of course, some are better or else the needle would not pick up information, it would sound so fuzzy from the signal sinking right into the noise floor
By the way Freax, great album brother!
Maybe we can start a list for different genre's of the best DR recordings.
We can make them sticky's.
I'll start a new thread for my favorite, "post rock" and see if it gets some traction.....cool?
The analysis is using the Dynamic Range Meter.
Free Downloads | DYNAMIC RANGE | pleasurize music!
The plugin from the above website has expired. A working plugin for Foobar is available from:
Dynamic Range Meter
I've been using it for some time now. It's quite nifty.
Free Downloads | DYNAMIC RANGE | pleasurize music!
The plugin from the above website has expired. A working plugin for Foobar is available from:
Dynamic Range Meter
I've been using it for some time now. It's quite nifty.
I just looked at one in the database that I have. The Lyle Lovett album "I Love Everybody". Seems to have good dynamic range.
DR Database
The database says a DR average of 15 for the album.
My software (Goldwave) says most tracks have an RMS value of -22dBFS
Which is right?
DR Database
The database says a DR average of 15 for the album.
My software (Goldwave) says most tracks have an RMS value of -22dBFS
Which is right?
DR15 is a rating based on the entire track. It is not the RMS value for the track. If you download the foobar app, you can get the RMS and peaks for each track through the tool, and it will also provide a DR rating. Also, some tracks can have a low RMS but the peak is also low, in which case it's not as dynamic as when the peak is close to 0 db.
The DR rating just gives a number to compare with other tracks. You can analyze an entire album and it gives a single rating for the album too.
So DR10 is worse than DR15, and so on.
Just checked your link. All the songs in that album have a high rating, which is good.
The DR rating just gives a number to compare with other tracks. You can analyze an entire album and it gives a single rating for the album too.
So DR10 is worse than DR15, and so on.
Just checked your link. All the songs in that album have a high rating, which is good.
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I would imagine it is the difference between the softest and loudest parts in the song or album.
It could be an average of the highest peaks to the lowest peaks, which will give you a lower value than a single measurement of the very highest peak to the very lowest.
This would be a good way to do it because, think about this....
Even if a track is completely brick walled, if there is a moment of complete silence, then that would give a very large DR measurement if they weren't averaged out.
This would be a good way to do it because, think about this....
Even if a track is completely brick walled, if there is a moment of complete silence, then that would give a very large DR measurement if they weren't averaged out.
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