Normalization and output volume levels

[Roy_Boy_3345]

I have ripped two versions of the same album to 24/352 via my RME ADI-2 Pro. The album in question is an OG version of Heart - Dreamboat Annie and the recent MoFi 45RPM version. Both albums were normalized to -1 db. However when I play them back via my Lumin A1 streamer/dac the newer MoFi requires much more volume gain to reach the same playback volume as the OG. The only thing I can think of that might cause this is the MoFi version having less compression. Any other ideas that might cause this? I will also add that I recently upgraded to the pro version of VInylStudio so the two records were ripped at different times with different versions. Thanks for any insights.

[Roy_Boy_3345]

I forgot to mention that I normalized each record side independently for both records. My judgement was based on the first track on side one for each record

[Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft)]

Hi,

Two things come to mind:

1.  You might like to use the 'Normalise each track separately' option to see if that improves things.

2.  VinylStudio's normalisation algorithm is fairly basic.  We do plan to work on this when time permits.