I edited - I moved the thread to the streaming audio room, which seems more appropriate for the topic.
Thanks
Is foobar just the ripping software or does it do a DR calculation as well? I see it referenced on the DR.loudness.war website…just curious
Have you had a look at MP3TAG, I downloaded it yesterday and it’s great at automating tagging.
It does other formats, not just mp3 files.
Sorry I don’t now what DR is but if your referring to some kind of volume normalization across tracks FB2K is capable of that though I’ve never used it.
I might be wrong, but I don’t think you can use that function on Foobar as it’s not supported anymore. Indeed I couldn’t find the plugin in their website.
I actually have it, but it doesn’t make any difference. There’s no consistency in the way people tag classical. My tagging system was developed early in the iPod era, where only a few characters were displayed. I came up with a system which display the last name of the composer and principal performer in the artist field. It works for me, but is by no means standard.
There is virtually no mention of DSD on this thread, but I have ripped a number of CD’s into DSD format using dBpoweramp. The diskspace is excessive, but the sound quality is far better then WAV or FLAC, IMHO
I do have native DSD recordings but I convert them to PCM at playback time. Even if I don’t the Naim 272 does it instead and I prefer Roon’s conversion so they essentially get treated as hires audio.
I can only assume your DAC works better with DSD then PCM.
Following suggestions from members of this forum, i have bought Metadatics for mac ($15cad), and it takes charge of metadata of DSD.
I just snapped a pic from the DR website - I guess foobar used to have the ability to check the dynamic range?
I think I found a workaround to your question @Maury_Finkle
The plugin is not listed in the official component list as it’s not supported anymore (foobar2000: Components Repository), however I found it here: foobar2000:Components/Dynamic Range Meter (foo_dynamic_range) - Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
You will see the download link at the bottom of the page: https://dr.loudness-war.info/downloads/foo_dynamic_range_1.1.1.zip
SACD is not recorded in PCM but in single-rate DSD, i.e. DSD64
You are right they are. They are the same as dvd disk from what i read. Thanks.
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