Publisher's Description
From MP3Gain:
MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts MP3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding.
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All versions:
4.3 starsout of 90 votes
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Current version:
4.2 starsout of 51 votes
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"Does what's needed on .mp3 volume settings."
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
Easy to use AFTER reading the Help file. The software has two great modes. In the first mode, it accurately adjusts the gain of a set of unrelated songs so they're even from file to file. Given the variation in song file volumes, this is essential for party playlists on the iPod. The software has a second mode that works on groups of related songs (i.e., as in all the songs in an album). It preserves the artist-intended volume variations from song to song within an album, while bringing the overall album volume in line with a user-requested setting, G_ave. If you do this to all your albums, they will all have an average volume of G_ave but the song-to-song volume variations within each album will be preserved.
Cons
Does not work on .m4a files. You have to convert your files to .mp3 format before you can use the software on them.
Summary
I'm glad I got it. It's essential for an .mp3 DJ.
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"Seems to do as advertised."
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
Easy to use.
Cons
Can't think of any.
Summary
Wish I had this utility sooner.
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"Does what it says, with some hiccups"
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
Adjusts volume of songs, no loss after modification that I can hear.
Cons
Interface is iffy - some controls make sense but others are counter-intuitive. Reluctant to make changes of more than a couple notches.
Summary
It did what I needed it to, namely tweak a few songs that had accumulated in my collection that were too loud or too quiet; but not on the first run. 5 dB plus or minus is no big deal to me, I was running this on things that were say 80dBA and 110dBA, and even on those the automated selection would only change them 3dB, when set to go to 94. However, when I just overrode it and did manual gain selections, it worked perfectly.
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"Cool program but kind of screwy and buggy"
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
Does what it's designed to do, easy to use, useful, free
Cons
Doesn't always give the results you want, mostly because it bases everything on average dB, not peak dB. Some songs just have long soft spots and therefore low "average volume"; letting the program boost them can make them too loud.
Summary
Oh, and sometimes this program annoyingly rewrites the dates on your files even after you check the "Preserve File Dates" option!
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"Does what it says."
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
I had downloaded a song and added it to my mp3 player. I could barely hear the new song, although all others sounded fine. I used this program with a folder of 24 songs. Now I can hear the new song clearly. It seems to work perfectly.
Cons
This program doesn't seem to offer an option to save normalized songs to a different folder which would leave the songs in the original folder unchanged. I had to backup songs to a different folder before using this program.
Summary
I'm a happy camper now.
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"Worked as Promised"
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
It worked. It was easy to use.
Cons
None observed.
Summary
I had a simple task of increasing the gain on a speaker recording from a meeting. No problem. It worked and it was free.
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"Did the job."
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
If you just click through the steps it pretty straight forward.
Cons
Help and explanations are a little sketchy. i.e. thw Tag section confused me. It talks about "Turning Tags On" but I couldn't find an on/off control.
Summary
Seems like if you use it right out of the box. Don't change any defaults, it does what you want to get done.
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"Simple and it works exactly as described even on Vista"
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
finds all mp3s - even in subfolders. Fast.
Cons
Cnet version isn't the full version
Summary
I downloaded and tried to install from Cnet but MP3Gain said I didn't have all the Windows components needed, and instructed me to use the full install - not available on Cnet. It think the only thing missing was "Visual Studio runtime", but anyway - once installed it worked great on my Vista machine. It found all the music in the root and in folders. It found all 1700 songs and adjusted the ones that needed adjusting. I have not had time to listen to all 1700 songs but so far the levels are much more consistent so I don't have to keep messing with the volume while I drive.
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"Hard to run. I am dumping it."
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
looks cool
Cons
hard to wook.
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"Have not installed it yet."
Version: MP3Gain 1.2.5
Pros
Don't know, have not installed it yet. Should be great though.
Cons
Probably none.
Summary
Sounds like it will be the greatest product for the MP3 volume problem.
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