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  • keithdowling

    • Mar 2014
    • 10

    Volume normalization

    I'm a new guy. Can anyone advise me on the following:
    I've put most of my music (Flac) on a USB external drive. I play it through my Oppo BDP-105. Is there a way of making all of the volume "levels" consistent - so that when I play back the music there is no variation in volume level from CD to CD so I don't have to adjust the volume control of my amp (tube amp, no remote control) ?
  • Spoon
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 44598

    #2
    Re: Volume normalization

    Convert your original FLAC to another FLAC library with the DSP effect 'Volume Normalize' set to the replaygain option.

    Keep your original FLAC files untouched.
    Spoon
    www.dbpoweramp.com

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    • keithdowling

      • Mar 2014
      • 10

      #3
      Re: Volume normalization

      Thanks. Did that. Still seems to be a large variance in volume levels from CD to CD (so to speak) Did I need to tweak/adjust any of the settings in replaygain option? All I did was select it as is

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      • Spoon
        Administrator
        • Apr 2002
        • 44598

        #4
        Re: Volume normalization

        No need to change anything.
        Spoon
        www.dbpoweramp.com

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        • garym
          dBpoweramp Guru

          • Nov 2007
          • 5910

          #5
          Re: Volume normalization

          Originally posted by keithdowling
          Thanks. Did that. Still seems to be a large variance in volume levels from CD to CD (so to speak) Did I need to tweak/adjust any of the settings in replaygain option? All I did was select it as is
          Did you create a separate set of files with the volume normalized (as spoon suggested) or did you just add RG tags to the existing FLAC files. If the latter, then it would require that your player actually recognize the RG tags and your player may not. If you actually modified the files to permanently adjust the volume, then the player doesn't really matte.

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          • keithdowling

            • Mar 2014
            • 10

            #6
            Re: Volume normalization

            Yes I did make a copy first, before adjusting/applying the replaygain.
            It seems to have "worked" from track to track within a CD (so to speak) but does not seem to have adjusted the volume level CD to CD = so as I change/select a different CD (all of this takes place from a USB) the volume level is inconsistent

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            • garym
              dBpoweramp Guru

              • Nov 2007
              • 5910

              #7
              Re: Volume normalization

              are there both album and track RG values in your tags?

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              • BrodyBoy
                dBpoweramp Guru

                • Sep 2011
                • 777

                #8
                Re: Volume normalization

                Originally posted by keithdowling
                Thanks. Did that. Still seems to be a large variance in volume levels from CD to CD (so to speak) Did I need to tweak/adjust any of the settings in replaygain option? All I did was select it as is
                Are you sure the Oppo supports ReplayGain? I have several Oppo players, but it's been a long time since I've browsed the specs or manuals. I don't recall ever seeing anything about ReplayGain....(that doesn't mean it doesn't )
                Last edited by BrodyBoy; March 15, 2014, 01:46 AM.

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                • garym
                  dBpoweramp Guru

                  • Nov 2007
                  • 5910

                  #9
                  Re: Volume normalization

                  Originally posted by BrodyBoy
                  Are you sure the Oppo supports ReplayGain? I have several Oppo players, but it's been a long time since I've browsed the specs or manuals. I don't recall ever seeing anything about ReplayGain....(that doesn't mean it doesn't )
                  that's my suspicion too. There are a lot of DLNA players out there (low price to high price) that can't use RG. Can you install foobar2000 or winamp on your PC and turn on "use replaygain" in those programs, and play a little playlist to see how RG *should* work.

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