Thread: Equqlize your music play

IN THEIR DIGITAL audio collection, most people have songs ripped from CDs, songs downloaded from countless online stores, and songs collected from, oh, let's say points unknown. Consequently, the volume levels are inconsistent across the library: some songs are too loud, some are too soft, and some are just right. Fortunately, there's a simpie remedy: MP3Gain, a utility that equalises MP3 volume levels. It does so by modifying the appropriate metadata of each file so that music software and portable players know what the volume should be. Fortunately, it makes no changes to the actual music contained within each MP3, so there's no loss of sound quality.

The software can analyse each individual track in your library or analyze by album. The latter method will keep the volume consistent across each album, but if you often shuffie-play your entire music library, don't be surprised if the volume still spikes or sinks from one track to the next.



By default, MP3Gain strives for a volume level of 89 decibels, but you can change this value in the Volume box. After that, click the Track Analysis button and be prepared to wait: the process takes time. When it's done, you can review the results or just go ahead and start the leveling procedure by clicking Track Gain. This will take even longer than the analysis-possibly hours, depending on the size of your library.