Normalize the volume of entire Mp3

Daave · Feb 20, 2007, 07:34 AM

I have several hundred mp3's that I've collected over the years, most of them are ripped by me, but there are quite a few that I've acquired from other sources. I've noticed that the sound levels on these mp3's vary greatly. With one song, I'll have to pump up the volume, but then next song blasts out of my headphones because the volume is too high.
I'd like to normalize the volume across my entire collection. Need a program to my collection and have it set the volume level for all of them

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 20, 2007, 07:40 AM

MP3 Gain is awesome and free.

MP3Gain

You can normalize to a fixed volume level for everything, or you could do an Album thing, which averages sort of, and I think another way.

I've used it for years. It is great, though sometimes there may be some clipping issues with files that have too loud of a volume in comparison to the others. But those are usually minor blips.

Good luck.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 7, 2007, 03:39 PM

I think you could do the same thing with http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/, and at the same time make all your MP3's the same bitrate and whatnot

Maddogg6 · Mar 7, 2007, 07:40 PM

you are better off using a normalizing plugin in your media player - re-encoding MP3s is a no-no usually. (stacked encoding errors/distortions >= original mp3 encoding error/distortions)
You'll save your self a lot of time as well.

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Mar 7, 2007, 09:06 PM

MP3 Gain works awesome. You can normalize all sorts of MP3's regardless of source. It's free too.

It changes the volume at the MP3 file level in a way that is not tied to one specific program. It should work for everything that can read and play MP3 files.

Necrosis · Mar 7, 2007, 10:41 PM

Hmm media software do you use, and do have a portable player?