Different audio levels for radio vs streaming?

[Trevor B]

Not sure why, but the (FM) stations come in loud and clear, but I have to crank up the volume for some of the streaming stations.

 

[knects]

If you are streaming from a phone, what is the volume on your phone set at? You need to turn that up too, to get better volume from the audio system.

 

[Trevor B]

If you are streaming from a phone, what is the volume on your phone set at? You need to turn that up too, to get better volume from the audio system.

Sorry if I wasn't clear ... both are via the car's audio system

 

[Kirby64]

Different mixes. Radio mixes are usually compressed to hell, so they sound 'louder' whereas streaming is probably actually mixed the original way. No solution, that's just how the original media is rendered.

 

[Knightshade]

Different mixes. Radio mixes are usually compressed to hell, so they sound 'louder' whereas streaming is probably actually mixed the original way. No solution, that's just how the original media is rendered.

Well, there IS a solution. An easy one too.

Different volume settings per source.

It's one of the long list of incredibly simple and basic features nobody at Tesla bothered to program in.

 

[Kirby64]

Well, there IS a solution. An easy one too.

Different volume settings per source.

It's one of the long list of incredibly simple and basic features nobody at Tesla bothered to program in.

Sure, you could do a different volume setting based on the source... that would solve most of the problems. It still wouldn't solve different mixes depending on the content played. Some radio stations mix differently... some sources from Bluetooth mix differently... some streaming mixes differently.

Not saying it isn't worth implementing, just saying this won't solve every problem regarding balancing unless you implement some sort of compression in the audio processing stack, which will screw up the audio even more.

 

[SDKoala]

It must also be dependent on the streaming source itself. I listen to the BBC World News channel on TuneIn all the time and it's much quieter than all other stations, regardless of source. My local NPR station's FM broadcast is also louder and more clear than its TuneIn counterpart.