I don't think this will work with serato since it doesn't actually change the files. it only adjusts the volume slider within itunes. it'd be cool if it did though.

that sux, it doesn't save the adjustment in the file? I'll test it when i get home

i don't think so... i was reading it and it said it only adjusts the volume slider in itunes. not the main one, but if you were to hit apple + i and bring up the info... within there.

definitely let us know if it works..

i think the itunes voume slider corresponds to the gain knob in serato, mp3 gain doesnt affect serato's gain knob

It adjusts a id3v2 tag within the file. Any program that reads the tag should work. I'm pretty sure that SSL does not read that tag. iTunes and a few other standalone players should. At least that's what I think.

its jsut that before mp3gain, i used serato's gain to normalize my files, and to reset them, i just selected them all in itunes and put that slider at zero

it worked if i rememebr correctly

If it affects the iTunes volume slider it will also affect SSL, as SSL reads the tag which iTunes writes its volume to.

I think this should work because when you adjust the gain inside SSL it saves that, which is basically adjusting the volume slider within the file in iTunes, just like this program does... ?

In my experience, if this tags the "replaygain" field, everything will read it...and, surprisingly, I mean EVERYTHING. Serato reads it, Foobar2000 reads it, iTunes reads it, my iPod reads it...hell, my Alpine car deck (first-generation MP3 support with ID3 v1.1 tag-reading only) reads it!

anybody know if ivolume works WELL? i've heard some mixed reviews of mp3gain...

MP3Gain works well, too...not sure how the implementation could be any different. As long as the right tag gets to the file, a tag is a tag.

MP3 Gain isn't a tagging function. It actually modifies the file's contents to make the file louder or softer without re-encoding the file.

Umm...explain. :S I thought I had read a while back that it was a tag...I looked at their sourceforge page, couldn't really make heads or tails of it. I figured it was a tag because I couldn't imagine what else my car CD player would pick-up other than the tags...any better reading than the weird FAQ on their home page?

There is a tag based solution (iTunes) and a solution which mp3gain uses (I think its called replaygain), it changes every mp3 fram, cahges the "amplification" factor for each frame. By default mp3gain backs up all changes into a dedicated tag field. MAybe you mixed that.

Huh, interesting...I thought replaygain was a tag on the file itself... <shrug> ...any good pages for reading, or should I go back to the sourceforge page and open my eyes? ;)

replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org <- click.

Correct me if I was wrong, please :)

Hi all i'm looking into my volume settings within iTunes aswell, because i have the feeling that iTunes when adding songs to the library pumps up the volume ( to Much ).
I feel like it is doing it in 2 ways, of wich you can ajust only one yourself via the volume slider in the get info about a song.
I wanna chance the volume before that if you know what i mean.

I think when it loads a track it ups the volume ( to much) for the song and the sets the volume slider to zero or the middel, so you can adjust it with the slider, but i find that a lot of tracks sound close to distorrtion and that doenst chance when you move the slider at all.

Its like putting the gain of a channel on your mixer into the red and trying to make it sound better by moving down the master volume, that does not work.

So is there any one that knows if this is true and if so is there a program i can use to undo that ?

Thank you for your reply, and happy new year to all of course ;-).

Has anyone ever tried this out? Does SSL read the tags it puts on the file or are they only readable by Apple products (Itunes, Ipod, etc)