MP3 Equalization?

[Gil T.Azell]

Is there a way (program) to equalize volume on my MP3's?
I have a bunch on a stick I use for my Stereo at work, some of the converted the Volume is fine the others it very low.

Thanks in advance.
Bill.

 

[John Clark]

I've not actually tried it myself, but it's doable in Itunes (under preferences, playback soundcheck) but that may only work with Ipods and the like.

Other places I've seen have mentioned MP3gain
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

(Though with any of them, I'd back up the original files before messing with them)

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Goldwave has an option called "match volume" under batch processing.

If nothing else you can increase the volume of any selected tracks (or a folder) under the same option.

 

[USS Triumphant]

I've not actually tried it myself, but it's doable in Itunes (under preferences, playback soundcheck) but that may only work with Ipods and the like.

Other places I've seen have mentioned MP3gain
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

(Though with any of them, I'd back up the original files before messing with them)

MP3gain is a good program for this that I've used for many years, he added, probably uselessly, 11 days later. And yes, always back up files you place any value on before modification.

 

[tharpdevenport]

The problem with randonly jacking up volume so all trakcs are the same is that you can loose sound quality from chopping off frequency ranges.

for a score fan like me, this can muddle louder sounds and chorus, remove the openess and breath of a peice, cause distorition in louder levels, and if it's something older it can raise the hiss level.

If you don't care about that, you can always get a program like Audacity (you'll need to make some changes in the settings for quality purposes), loaded the track that has the volume level you want, select the whole track and try to raise the volume. If it says you can only raise it, for example, 1.5, then remove the track and load every other cue seperately and raise their respective volume only there is only 1.5 left.

However, if you don't have a good sound card, it's not worth it. A cheap sound card can not only cause errors, but if you wanted to record something, a cheap sound card won't give you the options to mute channels like the microphone, so there will always be an underlining hiss.

 

[USS Triumphant]

I've never experienced any noticeable distortion from MP3gain. Times when my CPU would get busy with something else resulting in a choppy file that sounds like what happens when satellite radio has low signal - yes. But the parts of the audio that were there, even then, sounded undistorted. It should only affect the amplitude, not the pitch frequencies.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Distortion is a very real possibility when upping the volume. It does depend on the quality of the original file of course.

Tracks I've ripped from CD can go higher than something I ripped from a cassette, but I've had pretty good luck with the cassette tracks.