MacMP3Gain

User Reviews

• Very happy with it!

  justamacuserNovember 30, 2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I had read about that little tool here on versiontracker, but didn't bother to try it - until last week, when my iPod picked ZZ Top's "Afterburner" (remastered) right after the "Best of Simon &amp; Garfunkel" original version - quite a jump in volume (about 16 dB). While it did jerk me awake at work ;) it wasn't an experience i wanted to repeat. So, after doing the usual backup, i gave it a try. 1) for the first run, it's taking its time. Subsequent runs are much faster, since the results of the analysis are stored in the MP3 files. 2) I did not witness any "dead" files so far (contrary to some experiences mentioned below) 3) It'll write a temporary file and copy that file over the original MP3. So if you're proud of your MP3 files showing creation dates like "June 2001", you better hack together some Applescript to copy that information into the MP3 comments before you run MP3gain. Agreed, that may be overkill, but my library dates back to iTunes 1.1, and that's something i'm taking some pride in ;) - besides, scripting iTunes + disk access is a nice learning experience. 4) The progress indicator is just "barber pole" if you're running folders recursively. Also, the text output is too short for long song titles. Adding some pixels there (or having it wordwrapped on two or three lines would be nice. But that's just nitpicking. 5) Since the original gain value is stored in the MP3, adding the "undo changes" feature to the frontend would be a nice touch. All in all, does what it claims, and does it quite good. Thanks!

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• DJ ON A BOXMarch 31, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />No iTunes, does not do a very good job of this if you are using a different MP3 Player, but MacMP3Gain - 1.6 does the

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• memyselfandimacFebruary 20, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Ditto to Fatal Error, this cut the volume of the files i ran through it, what i need is to boost the volume of older,

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• Fatal ErrorFebruary 20, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />There should be a way to control what level the gain becomes. This made all my mp3s WAY too low and I have to turn

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• Smeagol--2008February 19, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I really like this, works great for me. The only thing it needs is a 'cancel' button.

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• VersionTrackerUserOpinionFebruary 19, 2003

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Program hangs up with a repeated message a la command line at the bottom of the dialogue box: "Make change? [y/n]" with no way to

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