So I'm leaning toward the only way to do this properly is exactly what I read first thing in the documentationĬode: File MP3 gain dB gain Max Amplitude Max global_gain Min global_gain If I run it on only the new tracks I beleive that there is a good possibility that there will be a noticeable difference one way or the other because of the greater about of fluctuation between the 4712 tracks in the first "album" and the 12 or so in the second one. If I run it on the entire library I beleive that the new tracks will not decrease/increase in volume similar to the existing ones because the data of the 4712 will greatly outweight the data of the 12. Now I have one of two choices: I either run mp3gain across the entire library including the new tracks again, or only on the new tracks. Tomorrow I go out and purchase a new CD, rip it, etc, etc. If my understanding of these two are correct, here is an example scenario of what I think may happen: I apply album gain across all 4712 tracks in my library. So if I may, let me state a few things i understand about the behavior of mp3gain and album gain and maybe you all can validate them for me:ġ) Regardless of using track gain or album gain, mp3gain will try to normalize the volume of the track to 89dB (unless specified otherwise).Ģ) Using album gain mode will cause the change applied to be based on some calculations done across all the files given, thereby possibly affecting the difference from 89dB to a noticeable degree. The reason is that after running some tests using aacgain (which is the backend of MacMP3Gain and from what I can tell identical to the command line version of mp3gain except for AAC support) it appears that the flaw in this logic is that new music added to the library will not quite be at the same level as the rest. I *thought* I could do this by simply album gain-ing my entire library, but I think I might be wrong. This feature will take albums into account, and write album gain tags if appropriate.I've spent quite a few hours over the past couple of days looking into how I can use mp3gain (actually MacMP3Gain) to normalize the volume of my entire library while still keeping the relative volumes consistent between tracks. New files that already have Replay Gain tags will be skipped. In the main Preferences window, the "Tags (2)" category has an option to automatically calculate Replay Gain values and write tags to new files added to the library. The "Restore Original Volume" tool will remove all replay gain tags from the music file. Double click on the status bar to re-open this window. ( Default: ticked) When ticked MusicBee will automatically minimise this window and run as a background task. Minimise to status bar when volume analysis starts No adjustment is made to the sound data in the music file itself and the tags can be removed.Īlert when the replaygain adjustment would cause clipping The calculated values are stored in Replay Gain tags which MusicBee and other software music players can read and use to adjust the volume level at playback time. For the album level to be calculated correctly you need to have selected all tracks in the album when using this tool. This will result in all albums playing at the same volume level. The adjustment needed to play albums at the same volume level, preserving the relative volume level between tracks in each album. This will result in all analyzed tracks playing at the same volume level. The adjustment needed to play the track at the same volume level as other tracks that have been analyzed.MusicBee can analyze your music files and calculate the volume adjustment needed to normalize the playback volume. Up-to-date with version Normalizing Playback Volume See Category:Under Construction for other incomplete pages.
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