Re: Creating files with RMS gain level instead of Peak

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Jeremy Nicoll - ml sox users <jn.ml.sxu.88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 2018-07-07 16:05, James Trammell wrote:
>
>> How can I get gain of -12dBFS RMS?
>
> I don't understand the difference, but even I can see
> that the manual describes -B and -b options for the
> gain effect, in terms of RMS rather than peak levels.
>
> I do not know if one or other of these options will do
> what you want.

Those options are for equalising channels using either peak or RMS
value as reference.

For a fixed scaling, the peak and RMS values are affected equally.
Dividing every sample by two, say, will halve both the peak and RMS
values.

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Måns Rullgård

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