Flac Gain ~upd~ -

Stop turning your volume knob up and down between songs. Start using today.

The deepest debate around FLAC gain is not technical but philosophical. The lossless purist argues: A FLAC should be played exactly as authored, with no digital gain, no ReplayGain, no nothing. If the mastering engineer intended a -23 dB average, that is the artistic statement. The modern listener counters: That “artistic statement” goes out the window when you switch from a 1960s jazz album to a 2020s electronic track and get blasted out of your chair. flac gain

By understanding and applying FLAC gain, you transform your digital music collection from a random assortment of volume levels into a cohesive, listenable archive. Your ears—and your neighbors—will thank you. Stop turning your volume knob up and down between songs

It is a metadata tag. FLAC is bit-perfect. You can remove the tag and the checksum (MD5) of the audio data remains identical to the original CD rip. The lossless purist argues: A FLAC should be

If you are a power user, you may want to go beyond the 89 dB SPL standard of ReplayGain (the default reference level).