Normalizing Songs

[bobcox- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by admin

Changes we made in the Import CD Tracks screen prevented Comp/Lim/Normalize from working any longer.

We have a project scheduled to turn this function into a BATCH processor you can run on all KMA files in a list of Folders. That way, your importing is faster, and any KMA files on your hard drive can be changed any time, not just when recorded.

BATCH processors automatically go from file to file, allowing you to go do something else while it does it thing. I don't have a release date yet, but it will be 3-4 months I expect.

WOW, Great Idea.
i like it.

[admin]

Originally Posted by bobcox

WOW, Great Idea.
i like it.

Bob, where you been? This "proposal" was killed a long time ago.

You're supposed to be beta testing Microstudio 4.000 Beta 3 now...

Originally Posted by gduns

This thread is almost a year old, I think they scraped the idea for safety reasons.

See...

Originally Posted by bryant

Also, I recall there was some concern about making sure not to normalize them twice or the files would be destroyed somehow. Has that been worked around, or is that still an issue for the future?

And this was the reason I gave in the Beta forums which you are a member of!

Originally Posted by admin

Gduns is correct. Post-processing imported songs is dangerous, and I assure you if we provided it, many of you would do it and then have to re-import from the Discs again.

We're working on another way, but won't say more now as there is still critical research to be done yet that can allow or scrap it being done.

This was my answer...

Originally Posted by admin

So far, the direction we were researching generates a 300ms delay for any effects. We're not happy with that. We have a LOT of features in Hoster 4.0 that are far easier (even more complex ones like Singers Database and Rotation Control) to implement so they are acceptable and useable.

And this is our current state. Dale D asked if this was a "startup delay". It could be, but the reason we were looking at Direct Sound for the effects platform is for other reasons which need a "zero delay". We're not willing to invest in this just to get Microsoft's Comp/Lim added in with a 350ms delay.

Sorry... I can see some of you want this, and I realized years ago about its desirability, but the implementation is not without our sight at this time. We understand the desire, just can't justify the expense at this time.