Peak level

[BlueDragon]

I wonder what is the purpose and utility of the peak level appearing in every EAC log?

Track  9

     Filename U:\Take Me Down.wav

     [COLOR="red"]Peak level 97.9 %[/COLOR]
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC C73B6BF9
     Copy CRC C73B6BF9
     Accurately ripped (confidence 112)  [011D1B79]
     Copy OK


All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

Any idea?

Thanks

[Spoon]

Re: Peak level

You would have to ask on the EAC forum.

[spl23]

Re: Peak level

Peak level is an indication of the loudness of the loudest parts of the track. So 97.9% means that the biggest peak on the track took up 97.9% of the largest sample size that a CD can hold.

It's used to normalise the resulting audio if you want to make every track on an album appear to be at the same volume.