Petter156 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Hi everyone.Awhile ago I asked a question of normalizing the volume of a sound-file. Some suggested Audacity, but the simplest alterntive at the time proved to be MP3gain (as I only needed to normalize an mp3 at the time).Now I´m wondering how to do the same in Audacity (as it can handle a wider variety of formats). The normalize filter is there, but it doesn´t let me select a "target-level" (like MP3gain let´s me select the target "normal" volume). Should I just run all my files past the normalize filter and trust Audacity to do the job right. How does the normalize filter work anyway? How can I work on a file in Audacity in such a way that the volume-level of the edited file/song would match that of other music on my hard-drive?The second option I see in Audacity is the "Amplify" filter. I´m not sure this is the correct one to use, though. No target volume level is available here either.The last thing I´m wondering about is how to get two songs to have the same volume-level (kind of the same situation as the first question, but not quite). I have some songs extracted from a CD in wave-format and a single song as an MP3 file. The volume of the MP3 differs from the volume level of the ripped wave-files. Is there anyway I can analyze the volume-level of the wave-files and then get the volume of the MP3 to match that?Any help appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian10161 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 my understanding is normalizing will only raise the quiet parts of the song, and that amplify will make everything louder. so what i would suggest doing is if your going to try audacity, try running a coupla songs through it and get a feeling for it. then when ur satisfied with it, run some more songs through it. but i like to use audiograbber for normalizing. you have to convert all the music to wav first, then run it through that, then away you go converting back to w/e you want. but if your going to normalize a lot of your own music, its trial and error. your going to have to play with it and see what you like. also, many songs can be different volumes, so youll have to do them individually. i hope that helped and answered your questions properly. -brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Nero will normalize separate cuts as you burn them to CD. But it's not free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petter156 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Thanks Brian, I´ll try out Audiograbber. Audacity is nice, but it is a bit hard for someone inexperinced in audio-work to learn how to use the app properly.A440: I do have some version of Nero, but these tunes won´t be going on a CD - they´ll be recorded on minidisc... of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian10161 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Petter156 hope audiograbber works out for you. the website is www.audiograbber.com-us.net if you dont have it. theres many internal and external excoders you can use too. mp3 wma and ogg are included, but mp3 is only up to 56kbps. lame is better if you download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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