MP3Gain Results

[Moozik: Front 242 - Quite Unusual]

Last month I stumbled across MP3Gain. It sounded like a potential solver of the problem I was having with my music files having varying volume levels. In the end I decided to give it a try because the modifications it makes are completely lossless and you can always rollback the changes no harm no foul. So you've got nothing to lose really.

Because I have quite a few files I let MP3Gain analyze my tracks overnight and then write the APEv2 tags while I was at work. That was two weeks ago and I've been testing out the volume levels since then. I can say that I've been extremely happy with the results. It certainly passes the simple Kevin Spencer test. When listening to my music at home and at work via my iPod, do I have to constantly reach for the volume? The answer is no, I don't.

Well, I *almost* never have to reach for the volume. They should all be 91db but for some reason some of the songs on Gary Numan's "Living Ornaments '79" live album are way too loud and scare the crap out of me every time they play. I'll have to remember to check the tags to see if MP3Gain missed those for some reason.