Hmm.... So I'm looking at last-minute features to add to my program, and I remember that at one time, there was a "normalisation" field in the dynamic data partition that the player used to calculate on its first time through a song. So I poked around, and it appears to me that this is no longer the case, or if it is, it's not in the place I'd expect it to be according to the emptool header file. I thought the story went that it was disabled until the bugs were fixed, but the value was still calculated. However, I don't see anything there in any of my tunes.
So, I'm wondering, has this idea been completely scrapped? I think it's the best approach to normalization possible, and would love to see it in play (once the bugs were worked out, of course.) My hope was that if the value is at least being calculated and written, emphatic could take care of the business of actually raising or lowering the volume to balance things out even if you guys don't plan on finishing it up.