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    1. 09-09-2007 08:21 PM #1
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      Changing the default sound level of a music file

      I was wondering if there's a program I can use to change the default sound level of an mp3 file. I've been downloading some live performances of a band from youtube and converted them to mp3. While I need to turn the volume up for some songs, I have to turn it down for others. It's a pain having to do this every time and I can't use shuffle without risking being blasted out of my chair.

      So I want to change the change the default sound level of my music files so I don't have to do that anymore. How can I do this?

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    2. 09-09-2007 08:25 PM #2
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      www.goldwave.com
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    3. 09-09-2007 08:30 PM #3
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      MP3Gain
      http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

      rather than decompress the mp3 to Wave, alter volume and recompress (losses a shed-load of quality), MP3Gain manipulates the mp3 file directly without decompression
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    4. 09-09-2007 08:32 PM #4
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      Aye, I've used GoldWave for years now. I find it even more comfortable and intuitive than software like Sony's Soundforge. All that commercial software has fancy designs and all such but it's harldy as easy to use. GoldWave has everything you need and more for sound editing. Especially something as simple as volume changing. Several different options for that and all quite obviously found and used.
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    5. 09-09-2007 08:35 PM #5
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      yep, Goldwave is awesome! Merlock did you pay or using the free version?
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      You could always use iTunes, just highlight all your music and then hit properties for them and adjust the volume for them all as a whole.

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      I use Replaygain in foobar2000, but unless you also listen to your music in foobar2000, I'd go with MP3Gain like Ynot said.


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    8. 09-10-2007 06:30 AM #8
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      I've used GoldWave for years for my sound editing purposes. I'm curious about mp3gain - how much can it do? Without being able to manipulate the waveform directly, how much can one do with the format directly?
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    9. 09-10-2007 01:06 PM #9
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      Quote Originally Posted by Replicon View Post
      I'm curious about mp3gain - how much can it do? Without being able to manipulate the waveform directly, how much can one do with the format directly?
      http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=MP3Gain
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    10. 09-10-2007 04:38 PM #10
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      Ah, so that's pretty much ALL it does . I guess each frame is some kind of frequency-domain transformation, with some cutoffs and other such things. I should read up on mp3 compression .
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      iTunes. Turn on sound check and it will automatically make all of your music the same average volume. You can adjust them manually if you want too.
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    12. 09-12-2007 10:08 PM #12
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      Alright, thanks everyone! I've decided to use Mp3Gain, and it works nicely.
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