Foobar2000 does DRC!!!!!!!!

If you turn off all the dsp's and set the processing to none then it does nothing to the music.

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Originally Posted by JRG1990 

If you turn off all the dsp's and set the processing to none then it does nothing to the music.

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It is a built-in feature, yes, and it might even be on by default (not sure, don't remember), but you can easily disable it.

Preferences > Playback > Processing: none. It's gone.

Now that I am looking at foobar, isn't the DRC only for the AC3 decoder?  Which can be disabled, though it is not enabled by default.

If you still have doubts, jonmac, you can always switch to uLilith.  =]

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Originally Posted by jonmac 

yea, i don't use any of the DSPs, just use ASIO in the output tab. But this is not the 1st time i've read that foobar2000 does dynamic range compression!!!! i'm too much of a purist to keep using it now!!!!!   

 

i think you're just paranoid, if you do what the person above your post wrote you'll bypass any evil stuff being done to your music.

The Xonar card (if you're using one) also has DRC feature by itself check if you have it enabled, for foobar as long as you don't use replaygain and/or DSP it can't touch your audio. Another general information DRC is just a DSP that boost quiet section and lower loud section to a target loudness level, it's a feature of AC3 (to watch movie with AC3 track on normal environment without having your ear blasted with explosion because you had to turn the volume up to listen to dialogue) but it's not exclusive to it.

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Originally Posted by jonmac 

Somebody please say it aint true.!!!! Somebody please tell me Foobar2000 doesn't do dynamic range compression on my beloved lossless music. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression  

Please say it  aint true.....please....please.....

foobar2000 does NOT do dynamic range compression, except if you optionally turn it on when using the AC3 decoder, like Mad Max said.

On a slightly related issue, I'm using -replaygain to lower the volume on some of my songs. Does that do anything bad to sound quality?

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Originally Posted by forsberg 

So were you not satisfied with the quality being played from foobar2000 before you found this out?

LMAO. +1 I love these subjects.

This thread feels like it's more about foobar2000 trashing than anything else. I'll repeat it again, foobar2000 does not do any DRC or sound processing by default in ANY foobar version for years from now, and still counting.

I would like to see those sources that you have stating such nonsense.

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Originally Posted by Arctia 

On a slightly related issue, I'm using -replaygain to lower the volume on some of my songs. Does that do anything bad to sound quality?

I don't think so.

I think Mr. Purist shouldn't even be using a computer to begin with.  DVD players do a much better job with music playback.  Foobar slightly colors the sound and screws up the soundstage.  uLilith colors the sound differently and also screws up the soundstage, just not as much.  Reclock: same thing.

Out of my less than perfect DVD player, my music truly comes to life; my computer sounds a bit sterile and slightly muddy by comparison regardless of what media player and output (USB or SPDIF) I use.

And dat soundstage with my DVD player     

How does foobar colour the sound? , my pc set-up doesn't sound that different from my stand - alone cd player my pc set-up has slightly better treble and bass extension than my cd player but the cd player does sound more crisp analog and has a more balanced soundstage, the differences aren't that big though.