First, let me introduce myself, as I've been lurking around the forum before, but never get registered until now
I'm guess I'm sorry for that. Anyway, this is the matter...
I have a 16-track album in FLAC format and I decided to make a DR analysis of them (like I always do, since I have around 300+ FLAC albums).
Software used:
Foobar2000 1.1.11
Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
CUETools 2.1.2a
FLAC: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
So, I drag-and-drop the tracks into Foobar playlist, right click over the playlist > Contents > Dynamic Range Meter
At the end, Foobar displayed the following window:
...and the following log:
foobar2000 1.1.11 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-03-30 9:55:54
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Analyzed: Album
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -2.28 dB -17.67 dB 1:36 01-Track 01
DR4 -0.21 dB -6.37 dB 5:56 02-Track 02
DR5 -0.20 dB -9.40 dB 1:19 03-Track 03
DR4 -0.21 dB -5.34 dB 4:24 04-Track 04
DR11 -0.33 dB -15.82 dB 1:01 05-Track 05
DR3 -0.21 dB -5.66 dB 4:52 06-Track 06
DR6 -0.20 dB -8.42 dB 5:15 07-Track 07
DR15 -1.19 dB -19.38 dB 1:48 08-Track 08
DR4 -0.20 dB -6.89 dB 3:37 09-Track 09
DR11 -3.22 dB -25.33 dB 3:59 10-Track 10
DR9 -1.24 dB -17.72 dB 1:01 11-Track 11
DR5 -0.20 dB -6.47 dB 4:40 12-Track 12
DR12 -0.20 dB -16.67 dB 2:48 13-Track 13
DR12 -0.21 dB -18.80 dB 0:46 14-Track 14
DR4 -0.21 dB -6.11 dB 3:32 15-Track 15
DR8 -0.21 dB -14.49 dB 8:20 16-Track 16
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 482 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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(the tracks with high DR value are just intros, spoken parts, skits, interludes, etc...)
Then, with the CUE + FLAC tracks, I made a WAV Image using CUE Tools.
After finished, just to check I run a DR analysis again... with very strange results.
After finished, Foobar displayed the following window:
...and the following log:
foobar2000 1.1.11 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-03-30 10:10:51
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Statistics for: ?-Image
Number of samples: 145233060
Duration: 54:53
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Left Right
Peak Value: -0.20 dB --- -0.20 dB
Avg RMS: -8.04 dB --- -8.65 dB
DR channel: 4.00 dB --- 4.56 dB
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Official DR Value: DR4
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 1411 kbps
Codec: PCM
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What the heck...
So I run a RG scan. First from the FLACK tracks:
(yes, the album suffer from Loudness War)
...and then another from the WAV Image:
Same loudness. So definitely there's no kind of limiting whatsoever: both sounds and (clearly) are, without a doubt, the same.
Just to be clear, in case some track(s) were repeated or missing during analysis, I did this like four times,... same results.
This actually happened yesterday, so I thought maybe it could something that might get fixed when restaring the PC or something.
I came today and got the same results. Besides, I updated Foobat long ago (weeks, maybe over and month), any problems so far, so it's discarded.
Frankly, it's the first time I have no clue what's going on. I hope you guys can help to find the answer.
Greetings.