DJing Discussion

Forum
 DJing Discussion
does AUTO GAIN work with WAVs?
This area is for discussion about DJing in general. Please remember the community rules when posting and try to be polite and inclusive.

does AUTO GAIN work with WAVs?

burnz 10:04 PM - 25 February, 2007
My question is really where is the gain data specifically stored. If it is in a tag in the music file as opposed to the SL crate file, then I am presuming auto gain will not work with WAV files, because WAV files do not have tag capability.

If this is the case, are there plans to make auto gain & auto bpm compatible with WAV files?
nik39 10:50 AM - 26 February, 2007
AFAIK it works with WAV files.
DJ Michael Basic 10:53 AM - 26 February, 2007
It definately does work with wavs. The values are stored in the xml database, not in the file itself. The Serato people specifically wanted to leave your files alone and not write new information to them so the data is stored seperately.
nik39 11:05 AM - 26 February, 2007
That is not correct.

1st. there is no "xml database"
2nd. if you transfer a wav file with changed track gain to a differen computer, the track gain value will remain, which means the change is stored inside the wav audio file.
burnz 12:15 PM - 26 February, 2007
how is it possible to store the gain information in the WAV file when there are no tags?

Also does the auto bpm work with WAVs? I haven't tried it yet.
nik39 12:32 PM - 26 February, 2007
There is some kind of tag, I think its stored in some chunked header, but I am not sure.
burnz 1:21 PM - 28 February, 2007
the auto bpm works with WAVs - impressive