Re: [LAU] Gain and clipping wav -> lame

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 02:13:29PM -0400, Martin Cracauer wrote:
 
> I find that lowering the gain by what lame suggested in the first run
> will still randomly lead to clipping and lame going back suggesting
> even lower values.
>
> Is this an inherit problem that lame can't possibly do an exact job?

Maybe.
 
> I just wish lame had an option to just read the whole clip and noodle
> around until it gets to a level it's happy with.

You could probably avoid all these issues by not trying to get
the maximum level in the first place. If you record/master at
normal levels lame won't have any problems with your signals at
all.

Ciao,

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