Thanks. Let us know how it works out. If it does what it says, it's a time saver.

I don't compress my files. Since I make backing tracks for live performance, compression diminishes the dynamic response, which may be good for a recording, but for live performance that sucks the life out of the music.

I wish I had more dynamic response for a live performance.

I remember being told by an engineer at a studio I was on the 'a list' in to compress my files to make them hotter. I forget the settings he recommended but it was very light compression.

Fortunately I made a copy of our files and compressed the copy. When I was done, I replaced the mp3s on my gig computer with the compressed files. It was awful, everything just sounded dead. Both of us noticed it, and the next day the original files went back on the work computer.

So normalization of non-compressed files is not a 'magic bullet' for me. One loud snare hit is enough to make the rest of the song lower than the 500+ other songs in my catalog.

I usually listen to them at home on my studio gear, comparing them 'by ear' with similar reference files. But since my studio gear is no the same as my stage gear, it often needs tweaking at home and then a re-try. It may be a little too loud or a little too soft on the gig gear. Usually 2 or 3 tries is all it takes, but if MP3 Gain works, it could solve that problem.

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