Oh how I wish

[cuparboy]

that there was a constant volume capability when playing mp3s. :(

[ChristinaS]

Re: Oh how I wish

Have you tried using the normalization DSP effects?

[cuparboy]

Re: Oh how I wish

Have you tried using the normalization DSP effects?

No and I have to confess I haven't got a clue what you are talking about!

Could you be bothered to educate me, please?

[ChristinaS]

Re: Oh how I wish

I assume you are referring to the dBpowerAMP Player. It has the capability to adjust and maintain a more or less constant volume level.

You may want to explore all the features available. I cannot be more precise as I'm not a big dAP user, and I think availability of many options is dependent on the skin used as well.

[xoas]

Re: Oh how I wish

Cuparboy-
There are 2 strategies to try to achieve the goal of having your mp3 tracks play at a conssitent volume level.
My preferred option is to use the Auto Volume Normalize feature of the dBpowerAMP Audio Player (or dAP). The dAP online help file says this about this feature:

One advanced feature of dAP is its ability to volume normalize playback (that is, try to make all your music the same volume - note the original files are untouched), tracks can be set to normalize by clicking in the Volume Boost column, or even better any new tracks can be set to auto normalize by ticking Auto Volume Normalize on the New Track Preferences page (Add Music menu).

The one drawback to this method is that the track has to be played all the way through one time for dAP to know where to set the volume level for that track. For those who prefer to use other audio players, having to switch or use dAP might be a drawback as well. I do use dAP for pretty much all of my listening but I won't proselytize further here.

The other means of trying to achieve a consistent volume for your mp3 tracks is to apply a volume normalization to each track as you rip it using dBpowerAMP Music Converter (or dMC). A weak form of volume normalisation is built-in to dMC. Stronger forms of volume normalisation are available through the DSP effects in the Power Pack.
The advantage of this method is that your tracks should maintain a consistent volume regardless of what program you use to play them. The disadvantage is that any existing tracks whose volume level is off will have to be re-ripped or converted again (from mp3 without volume normalisation to mp3 with volume normalisation),

Hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Bill

[cuparboy]

Re: Oh how I wish

"Add music menu"???? All I get is a browse feature!

"Volume boost column" - where is that?

That's my one complaint about dbpowerAmp. Finding the various "controls" is very needle-in-a-haystack-ish.

[LtData]

Re: Oh how I wish

The "Volume Boost" column is probably in the "My Music Collection" window.

[xoas]

Re: Oh how I wish

Add Music and Volume Boost are both accessed through the My Music Collection window.
Although the interface does take some getting used to, if you search your help files for dAP, I think you will find most everything explained and illustrated there. Go Start>All Programs>dBpowerAMP>Help>dBpowerAMP Audio Player Help.

Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[cuparboy]

Re: Oh how I wish

Add Music and Volume Boost are both accessed through the My Music Collection window.
Although the interface does take some getting used to, if you search your help files for dAP, I think you will find most everything explained and illustrated there. Go Start>All Programs>dBpowerAMP>Help>dBpowerAMP Audio Player Help.

Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

Sorry. I must be having an extremely senior moment but whenI have the MMC window open and I click on Add Music in the top left all I get is a window which allows me to browse/navigate to the music to be added.

Likewise I see absolutely nothing that remotely resembles Volume Boost. Volume most certainly but Boost - nowhere to be seen.


Edit: Found it through the Help (should have found it before but never thought to look in the track listings!). I wish Spoon could get down to our mere mortal levels and make his excellent player more logical to those of us with merely genius IQ! :D :D

[cuparboy]

Re: Oh how I wish

I now have another stupid question: How do I activate the Volume Boost on all 3400 tracks I have loaded? I have tried several things but I can only get it to do one track at a time.

If I have to do them all individually I guess I'll suffer the fluctuations in volume.

Thanks to all who have tried to help out this computer simpleton. :smile2:

[xoas]

Re: Oh how I wish

Sorry. I must be having an extremely senior moment but whenI have the MMC window open and I click on Add Music in the top left all I get is a window which allows me to browse/navigate to the music to be added.

Actually, you click on the arrow next to Add Music and select New Track Preferences. There is a box to activate Auto Volume Boost for each new track you add.

Now as to the problem of your existing tracks and adding Auto Volume Normalize to them:
Probably the simplest is to clear your My Music Collection and reload your tracks after you have activated Auto Volume Boost for your new tracks.

You can also (as I have personally done) open MMC select large numbers of tracks (I seem to remember doing maybe 30 at a time) right-clicking and select Edit Tag. Check the box that says Auto Volume Normalize and it will be activated for all of the tracks you have selected. When I was doing this several years ago, there did seem to be an upper limit to the number of tracks I could do this with at one time. Whether this was a system limitation or a program limitation I do not know.

Hope this helps,
Bill

[cuparboy]

Re: Oh how I wish

Actually, you click on the arrow next to Add Music and select New Track Preferences. There is a box to activate Auto Volume Boost for each new track you add.

Now as to the problem of your existing tracks and adding Auto Volume Normalize to them:
Probably the simplest is to clear your My Music Collection and reload your tracks after you have activated Auto Volume Boost for your new tracks.

You can also (as I have personally done) open MMC select large numbers of tracks (I seem to remember doing maybe 30 at a time) right-clicking and select Edit Tag. Check the box that says Auto Volume Normalize and it will be activated for all of the tracks you have selected. When I was doing this several years ago, there did seem to be an upper limit to the number of tracks I could do this with at one time. Whether this was a system limitation or a program limitation I do not know.

Hope this helps,
Bill

For various reasons I won't bore you with reloading all my music is a non starter. I did try opening the Edit tag but didn't find any box for Auto Volume Normalise. Guess I'll have to go back and look again!

Thanks for your help.

[xoas]

Re: Oh how I wish

I did try opening the Edit tag but didn't find any box for Auto Volume Normalise.

My apologies. Click the green box with the A in it.

[cuparboy]

Re: Oh how I wish

My apologies. Click the green box with the A in it.

Ta very much. I had never noticed that which is pretty bad as I have using dbpowerAmp for about 4 years now!

How embarrassing :(

:D :D

[^Shyone379]

Re: Oh how I wish

Cuparboy: Your problems with Volume Normalization are simlar to mine and have been reinforced also by xoas... perhaps you both could read my thread on Volume Control/Converter.. I would value your opinion and remarks

Regards Shyone379