"hank alrich" wrote in message
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Sean Conolly wrote:

* Normalize & hard limit (if needed) to the final levels I want for CD. I
hard limit sparingly, just enough to bring up the average level if
there's a
few peaks that stand out.
* Convert to 16 bit for burning to CD

Why in the world would you hard limit when moving from a medium with
maybe 50 or 60 dB of dynamic range to one of 96 dB of dynamic range?

Simply to somewhat match the levels of the other material on the CD, so I'm
not adjusting the levels per song when I'm listening. Just my own
preference.

Trimming a few DB off a few transients is inaudible. Shaving the entire
track like a lawnmower is not the idea, but as you know is a common (and
bad) practice.


Significant peaks probably didn't survive recording to cassette in the
first place.

Agreed.

Sean