How To Use Mp3 Gain ?, 3 guides - normalization - maximizing Options

[karenchu]

sorry for bumping but still, can anyone show me the path to "Each Folder Is Album" option?

[Typhoon859]

Whether it's with MP3Gain or by scanning first through something else, how can I apply Album Gain by tags (not folder) the way there is an option for in Foobar2000 for instance? Help would REALLY be appreciated. Thanks.

[Typhoon859]

Whether it's with MP3Gain or by scanning first through something else, how can I apply Album Gain by tags (not folder) the way there is an option for in Foobar2000 for instance? Help would REALLY be appreciated. Thanks.

Nevermind, I figured it out.

After using Foobar2000 to apply ReplayGain, I right-click all the selected MP3 files, go to "Tagging", "MP3 Tag Types", and select APE to be enabled. Then MP3Gain reads the data from there.

[Typhoon859]

sorry for bumping but still, can anyone show me the path to "Each Folder Is Album" option?

That.

Does the newest version not have that function any more?

[thebearnecessiti...]

brand new user, total noob.

I noticed a couple of my mp3's sounded too quiet, so i want to get them all sounding the same.

can i install mp3gain, set the option "dont clip", add the my music folder, and click on album gain?

and that's it? will that make all my mp3's sound more at the same volume level?

edit: for people asking about "each album is folder" option, i read further back in tyhis thread that that option is not longer in the software and it allows you to simply add your top level folder eg "my music" and each subfolder is treated like an individual album.

i did notice an "add subfolders" option so might be worth making sure that is ticked.

This post has been edited by thebearnecessities: Dec 20 2012, 17:01

[greynol]

I noticed a couple of my mp3's sounded too quiet, so i want to get them all sounding the same.

It really depends on what genre and its respective mastering, but in general loud tracks are adjusted downward. If it turns out that you listen to genres where tracks typically get adjusted upward, you may want to consider lowering the reference level. This is more likely to be the case if you listen to classical music and some forms of jazz where the reference level of 89dB doesn't provide enough headroom for dynamic parts.

[thebearnecessiti...]

thanks geynol for taking the time to post.

I'm a bit confused by all this and cant get my head round it. is the principle that each mp3 has a vlume setting within it and the mp3gain software tries t make them all about the same?

I mostly have rock, pop, indie, blue in my collection of about 300 albums.

I just noticed that one of the bon jovi tracks was very quiet so i decided to put my entire collection through the software so stop me having to do it every time i notice a track is a bit quiet.

so now it seems that i am likely to find all my music is a bit quieter?

the software is just over halfway though but i think its still doing album analysis so maybe i should just cancel?

This post has been edited by thebearnecessities: Dec 20 2012, 18:50

[greynol]

I'd let it finish. From what you've said I don't think you're going to run into any problems.

Since you've also instructed the program not to allow clipping you won't need to worry about your chosen reference level except that some albums might still be louder than quiet ones which were not made louder because doing so would result in clipping. The higher you set the reference level, the more likely this is to happen.

This post has been edited by greynol: Dec 20 2012, 19:21

[DVDdoug]

so now it seems that i am likely to find all my music is a bit quieter?

Right! Much of your loud music (maybe most of your music) will be somewhat quieter... Hopefully, you can get enough volume from the analog-side of things.

Let's say you have a quiet song and a loud song. The quiet song might have a few peaks near 0dBFS* (basically the "digital maximum"), but these short-duration peaks don't make it sound loud.

Now, if you want to adjust the loud & quiet songs for the same loudness, you can't increase the quiet song without clipping/distortion. So, you have to decrease the loud-sounding song.

MP3gain isn't trying to match all of your files to each other (or you'd have to re-scan everything every time you added a song). It's trying to match a target dB level. A higher target gain will make your songs louder, but it doesn't give MP3gain much "room to work", and many of your tracks won't be changed unless you allow clipping.



* Just to keep things confusing... 0 dBFS uses is a different reference than the +89dB SPL used for MP3gain. But they are related, and for example a +3dB change in the digital file is also a +3dB increase in sound level (SPL), etc.

[greynol]

A higher target gain will make your songs louder, but it doesn't give MP3gain much "room to work", and many of your tracks won't be changed unless you allow clipping.

I'm pretty sure they are still changed, but just up to the point before clipping will occur.