clipping test for fb2k

2002-12-17 12:05:40

Anyone have a test sample which contains very audible clipping when encoded to mp3 or mpc?  I'm just curious to test how fb2k would handle such a file, without any replaygaining applied.

clipping test for fb2k

Reply #1 – 2002-12-18 08:26:45

I guess that you can try that simply using the DSP pre-amp to make any song clip. Haven't tried, though.

clipping test for fb2k

Reply #2 – 2002-12-18 09:12:23

use mp3gain set volume to something like 100dB

clipping test for fb2k

Reply #3 – 2002-12-18 10:20:02

I just tried that, good idea tangent.  At 110 db, both winamp (with MAD) and fb2k produced bad clipping distortions; i can't say that one sounded better than the other...  Maybe with a more reasonable db level fb2k would exhibit less audible clipping than winamp, but at 100 db I found it hard to notice either player clip.

So my conclusion for now: fb2k isn't a substitute for mp3gaining or replaygaining your music files.  Too bad, that would be a very cool feature.

clipping test for fb2k

Reply #4 – 2002-12-18 11:42:57

autoreplaygain-is-coming-when-i-dont-have-anything-more-important-to-do.