Skip to main content ↑ ↓

Notice

Please note that most of the software linked on this forum is likely to be safe to use. If you are unsure, feel free to ask in the relevant topics, or send a private message to an administrator or moderator. To help curb the problems of false positives, or in the event that you do find actual malware, you can contribute through the article linked here.
Topic: Changing iTunes Sound Check values (Read 3931 times) previous topic - next topic
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

See topic title - is this possible?  I'm not displeased with Sound Check, but every once in a while it makes the one quiet song on an album much too loud compared to the rest, and I'd like to correct that manually.  Is there a way to do this?  It can't be done in iTunes itself, and I don't want to mess with the volume slider.  I tried to go the ReplayGain route before but it seemed like more trouble than it was worth for my too-large library.

thanks!

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

Reply #1 –
replaygain 'aint too much trouble, apply RG to files with foobar, don't use itunes, boom. (itunes doesn't support RG iirc)
err... i'm not using windows any more ;)

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

Reply #2 –
Quote from: ...Just Elliott on
replaygain 'aint too much trouble, apply RG to files with foobar, don't use itunes, boom. (itunes doesn't support RG iirc)

I have the same issue. I know that foo_dop can scribble on the SoundCheck values when it uploads to an iPod, but it has no way of changing the SoundCheck values in place. I think the developer is aware of the issue but doesn't consider it a high priority.
 

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

Reply #3 –
Quote from: ...Just Elliott on
replaygain 'aint too much trouble, apply RG to files with foobar, don't use itunes, boom.


The thing is, I like iTunes - it's a pretty nice interface, it's easy on the eyes, I'm comfortable with it, blah-dee-blah blah.  Apart from this one modest annoyance, I have no problem with iTunes. 

There has to be a relatively simple way to edit those Sound Check values.  If foo pod can run ReplayGain and use it to write Sound Check data, how much of a leap is it to have an app that just lets you modify the existing number?

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

Reply #4 –
If it's only a couple of songs, what's wrong with the volume slider?

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

Reply #5 –
If you're on a mac, you can try iVolume or on a PC, try igain. allows you to set your desired volume and apply track or album gain

iVolume

iGain

Changing iTunes Sound Check values

Reply #6 –
Quote from: loophole on
If it's only a couple of songs, what's wrong with the volume slider?


Because if I turn Sound Check off, the volume slider still applies, which means radical volume shifts.  Basically the problem I have with Sound Check on, but inverted.

Also, there's a bug (or was at one time) that causes volume slider adjustments to be much more noticable on the iPod vs. iTunes.  Not sure if that has been fixed since I bought my iPod - I was under the impression it was an iPod firmware problem.  A volume adjustment of one notch on the slider made a song seem much louder than I wanted it to be.  I haven't updated my iTunes or iPod firmware lately, or played with the slider for that matter, so this may be fixed now.