Is there a program that will normalize (volume) thousands of MP3's? (post ripping)

[faZZter]

I hate it when I am playing some old album songs then the new Korn song comes up and almost blows the speakers.

Also, does normalizing the volume make the MP3's lose even more quality?

 

[0roo0roo]

would seem to since u have to reencode them. that being said i think itunes can do it. it lets u set different eq for each song and other stuff, pretty neat

 

[Mrburns2007]

The problem I had with normalizing mp3's was that it lowered the volume to much.


And yes if you need to boost lower volume mp3's then it could in fact cause loss of sound quality.

I would be interested in a app that did this in batch though !

 

[0roo0roo]

ok checked, u can set individual files volume + or - 100%. can do to multiple files etc. these settings do not alter original files. they are retained too.

 

[mk]

MP3Gain.

 

[dman]

Winamp has a volume control option that normalizes them during playback. Won't help you if you are using them in a DVD player or another device though.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Easy CD-DA Extractor.

Just add all the MP3s you want to normalize, then drag the whole folder in software. Although, you might want to split into a few sections of a few hundred. Forcing thousands at once can crash your computer.

BTW, don't bother ripping to mp3 with anything but LAME based mp3 engine unless you want crap sound.

 

[h8red]

mp3trim pro

 

[Shockwave]

PLEASE dont normalize then, and dont start boosting the bass or treble either. Please, leave them as they are.

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: Mk4
MP3Gain.

Looks like a winner

 

[faZZter]

Thanx for the suggestions........I'll give them a try.

For now I guess I'll use that feature I didn't see in WinAmp. I have all my cd's ripped to a SFF computer in my living room anyway so it is played through windows.

Still sucks for the car cd's though, although I'll checkout that MP3Gain program.

 

[screw3d]

MP3gain is what you are looking for. But beware though, because it writes the replaygain info as APE v2.0 tags, some players like foobar2000 that reads the APE 2.0 tags first would ignore the ID3 tags when reading info.

EDIT: No it doesn't affect the quality AT ALL. Read the FAQ in MP3gain's website.