Tuesday, August 31, 2004
My Ears are Bleeding...Where's System-Wide Normalization When You Need It?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 05:00 PM
I'm sitting here watching the Apple Expo 2004 keynote address, and the audio level is very low. So I turn up the audio on the Quicktime player all the way - still too quiet. Then I turn up my master system volume all the way - still too quiet. So I turn up my Logitech Z680's to get an acceptable level of audio...and nearly get my head blown off when someone signs on to MSN Messenger and my system BINGS at me. :evil:
This has happened before, but the solution never occurred to me until now: Windows XP needs a system-wide normalization function so that audio triggers will not be painfully louder than the others. It should work on every type of audio that's being pumped through the system, and it should be capable of not only normalizing down, but also dynamically re-sampling audio to make it louder (which would have helped in the case of the Apple keynote).
Good idea? Horrible idea?
This has happened before, but the solution never occurred to me until now: Windows XP needs a system-wide normalization function so that audio triggers will not be painfully louder than the others. It should work on every type of audio that's being pumped through the system, and it should be capable of not only normalizing down, but also dynamically re-sampling audio to make it louder (which would have helped in the case of the Apple keynote).
Good idea? Horrible idea?
