To use MP3Gain on your music collection do the following:
(I) Download and install the latest version of MP3Gain
(II) Once installed select the following options:
- Options -> Add subfolders
- Options -> Preserve file date/time
- Options -> Don’t clip when doing Track Gain Options
(IV) Now you need to apply gain. There are two ways of doing this. You can either analyse each track (‘Track Gain’)individually to increase/decrease the volume to your target level. Or, you can analyse each album and apply the gain to the whole album so that the albums average volume hits your target level. I prefer applying ‘Album Gain’ as Artists often deliberately make some tracks louder or quieter. If you don’t tend to listen to complete albums at a time then ‘Track Gain’ is for you.
- Track Gain: If ‘Track Gain’ isn’t displayed on your toolbar, click the drop-down next to ‘Album Gain’ and select ‘Track Gain’. Then click the ‘Track Gain’ button and let it run (note: for large libraries this could take a while).
- Album Gain: If ‘Album Gain’ isn’t displayed on your toolbar, click the drop-down next to ‘Track Gain’ and select ‘Album Gain’. Then click the ‘Album Gain’ button and let it run (note: for large libraries this could take a while).
If any of your tracks have a “Y” under the ‘clip(Track)’ or ‘clip(album)’ columns then click ‘Modify Gain’ in the menu bar , and select ‘Apply Max-No-clip Gain for Album‘. This will physically apply the album gain changes to the file(s).
One final note. If you are a iTunes user, I would recommend turning SoundCheck off. Not only does MP3Gain do a much better job, if you use Soundcheck on files that were already in your music library and you’ve just applied gains, iTunes calculations will now be out. If you’re determined to use SoundCheck, you’ll need to reimport your files again and let iTunes do it’s initial analysis (WARNING – YOU WILL LOSE PLAYLISTS, RATINGS AND PLAYCOUNTS!)
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