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Is it better to start with a 89 db or 98 db MP3? By this I mean does Breakaway do a better job of increasing gain than it does reducing gain (compressing)? Is it better to start with a lower volume song and ask Breakaway to increase the volume?
It looks like you haven't understand the logic behind Breakaway Audio Enhancer. It doesn't matter if the audio you are playing is too loud or too quiet. Breakaway will process it to a normal level. Read this page and maybe you will understand what really happens.
http://www.claessonedwards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=1028
It says "Automatically adjusts volume dynamics and spectral balancing"
That means too loud sounds will be reduced to a normal level and too quiet sounds will gain its volume back up to a normal level."Automatically adjusts volume dynamics" to me means "compressing". MP3s are already compressed and I don't really want them compressed more. My question was misunderstood by you so I will ask again: Will auto gain control (increasing volume) result in less compression than limiting (reducing volume)? So in other words would I better off starting with a lower DB file and ask it to raise the volume rather than to have a real loud track and ask it to reduce the volume?
Oh, my bad. I get it now. You want the sounds to be less compressed. You want more dynamics, right?
In that case Breakaway will do a good job with a file that has a lower volume or a good dynamic range.
You can adjust how much dynamic range you want with Breakaway Audio Enhancer. Use the following 2 controls."Range" and "Power"
Descriptions:
Range
Compression Range
Adjust how much Breakaway is allowed to turn up the volume of a quiet track.
Too low means the track may stay quiet.
Too high means the sounds with a low volume will be amplified.
But also, background noise will be amplified if you set this to a too high level. (Only if there's any background noise)
You can adjust the levels from 0 to 100.Power
Compression ratio
Turn it up to completely eliminate any level and spectral differences.
Turn it down to retain more dynamics and original spectral balance.
You can adjust the levels from 0 to 100.But anyway if the sound file has already been compressed too much or if it doesn't have a good dynamic range, Breakaway cannot help.
Just from what was said, it needs to be cleared up that compressed, as in MP3 vs WAV, is not at all the same as compressed, as in Volume or Dynamics. MP3 is a file compression, where it makes the files smaller by removing "unneeded" data. Volume/Dynamics compression is taking loud and quiet audio and making it roughly the same levels. So running an MP3 through Breakaway will have nothing to do with it's file size or lossy quality. Yes an uncompressed or lossless file will ultimately do better through breakaway, but breakaway won't necessarily make things sound worse on an MP3. It's a whole different subject for saying audio processing can bring out audio artifacts in lossy compressed audio files… I hope I cleared this up.
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