Reducing volume on lossy transfers

[Partha]

Because each track is a different volume, there is no standard.

I think I was a bit misunderstood here. I wasn't looking to make each track the same playback volume with the lossy encoding, just retain some headroom while the file survives the lossy encoding to keep the original dynamics and tone. The original 24-bit, for eg., might have inter sample peaks that go above 0 dbfs once it's converted to a lossy format.

[Spoon]

In that case apply a fixed Volume Normalize -dB amplification, perhaps -0.5dB

[Partha]

In that case apply a fixed Volume Normalize -dB amplification, perhaps -0.5dB

Thanks. Will do so.

[Partha]

In that case apply a fixed Volume Normalize -dB amplification, perhaps -0.5dB

This discussion has been about MP3, but should this step also be used for converting to 'lossless' 16 bit 44.1 CD quality from hi-res audio?

[Spoon]

You could do also.