Re: [tlug] MP3 normalization

["A.Tomita" <atomita@example.com>]

> - One CD for home, where the volume levels of the 2 songs are similar (even
> this is difficult to explain, but let say I don't want to have to change
> the volume between songs to hear them correctly at the songs loudest parts,
> but I would like to hear the Bolero as the original, from very quiet at
> beginning to loud at the end ).

I think it needs a leveller:

try this:
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4784

> - One CD for my car. Here, I would like to be able to listen to Bolero,
> even at the beginning, but still the loud part not destroying my ears. So
> the volume amplitude of the Bolero should be limited. Let say for instance
> I would like the beginning to be the same volume as the original middle
> part of the music, the end not being changed, and everything in-between
> being relatively correct to both ends. This means I would like to have the
> Bolero to look louder and louder during the playing, the end having a
> similar volume to "Rehab".

and that may be a case for dynamic compression?
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Compressor