"Lord Hasenpfeffer" wrote in message ...

Interesting to see how Audacity's concept of a -5dB is so much more
severe than Normalize's. I guarantee you I was getting virtually
identical results everytime when I was attenuating with Normalize and
reamplifying with Audacity. But with Audacity alone, things were
noticeably different at each step along the way.

This is why my initial thoughts were to experiment more and with more
software... certainly more with your ears.

I sure am wishing there was another Normalize user in here with whom I
could compare results because I'm *really* at a loss now to explain the
differences I have now witnessed.

There are all sorts of 'normalize' users in here who understand corruption,
but perhaps not so many "Normalize" users.

I, for one, am simply glad that you are experimenting and listening.

DM