[ddots-l] Re: Mystery About CD Compilation

  • From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 11:37:43 -0700

Hello Maree,

When you have all the tracks added, tab to the track list and press Ctrl-A to 
select all. Then when you tab some more you'll find a button "Properties" . 

That brings up a two-page dialog, one of which allows you to affect how the 
audio gets filtered, normalized, reverbed, etc.

Also even without that, there's always a normalize all tracks checkbox 
available to allow you to have them all set to the same basic level.

I don't see any control over compression, etc. but perhaps you can mess around 
with these settings, and burn off a few CDs until you find something you like.

Dave

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Maree Steinway 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 05:34
  Subject: [ddots-l] Mystery About CD Compilation


  Hi there,

  I have been compiling a mixture of MP3's and mp'4's onto an audio disk using 
Nero 6.  I am puzzled why the vocal and sax solos on both of these sound 
compressed, really low in the mix and almost a ghostly reverb in some tracks 
when I play the disk on a variety of regular sound systems only to get the same 
result.  I don't know much but I'm just wondering if there should be some level 
that I should be checking in 'sndvol32' or some other dialog.  I am still using 
JAWS 5.10 and cannot check the default setting in sndvol32, if indeed this is 
what I should be looking at, can anyone tell me what the default setting should 
be or where I should be looking to find a solution 'cos it's driving me mad, or 
is it my old analog ears?
  The files don't have that sound if I play them from my hard drive, only the 
compilation CD itself.  So it must be something I'm doing wrong in the disk 
burning process I guess.  Pretty please, what could it be?
  Marée

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