How about a dynamic range compressor that would boost the softest passages while leaving the loud ones untouched?

This subject has been hashed through several times on this BBS in great detail. Usually, it starts with a discussion about how rock/pop albums differ in perceived volume levels from album to album (because they are mastered with different amounts of compression), and how we need to be able to set relative volume levels on a per-song or per-album basis. But eventually we always end up talking about a realtime compressor.

Fortunately, one of our intrepid Empeg owners here on the BBS is already working on an algorithm that could do this. He's not implementing a compressor per se, he's implementing a piece of software which ramps the volume of a wave stream in real time.

Check out this thread for the gory details.

Tony Fabris (http://www.jps.net/tfabris)
Empeg #144