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Need help normalizing a play list #824839 10/05/24 09:49 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda DrDan OP Veteran
OP DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda	So I have ~20 song files (mp3/flac) which I what to save as a playlist which I can put into my audio player. Problem is the levels of all the songs are all over the place (my bad, these go back over a decade and I still struggle with setting a consistent recorded lever). So is there a simple application or process to adjust all the songs to the same output level so when I play I don't have to adjust volumne for each individual song? Any suggestions? Dan Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824843 10/05/24 10:39 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,662 Hampshire, UK Gordon Scott Veteran
Gordon Scott Veteran Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,662 Hampshire, UK	Hmm ... I'm not sure if either of these help, but I'll throw them out there anyway, just in case. As a Linux user, I'd normally do something like that with the command line tool 'sox' (Sound eXchange), but I'm not sure if sox is available on Windows. e.g.: Code sox --norm=-10 infile.flac outfile.flac I've recently use MixBus to mix down some live sessions and realised that it has an 'analyse' option that will report if the output would been various audio standards, e.g., for YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, Deezer, CD, etc... That would, though, mean importing them, adjusting, analysing and exporting, which is much more work than I presume you want to do. Hopefully a better answer will come along soon. Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2026 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824848 10/05/24 11:49 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
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mrgeeze Expert Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 892 Sonoran Desert	mp3 gain will do batches/folders. mp3gain Express for Mac users. Good tool. Give em a few drachmas for their efforts if you think so too. biab2026(Mac) Latest Build Mac OS (Latest) Apple Mac Mini M2 pro 32GB Ram Logic Pro (latest or pretty close) Blue and White Sea Star

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824852 10/05/24 12:35 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,599 Mi., USA rharv Veteran
rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,599 Mi., USA	^^ what mrgeeze said, if they are MP3 .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824853 10/05/24 12:40 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,089 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,089 Melbourne, Australia	Dan, Audacity has a Normalize function. The price is pretty good too ( I generally set the level of my songs to -3db ) BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824854 10/05/24 12:59 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,599 Mi., USA rharv Veteran
rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,599 Mi., USA	Here's another option .. handles many audio formats https://www.nch.com.au/switch/ I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824865 10/05/24 02:31 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda DrDan OP Veteran
OP DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda	mp3 gain appears to have done the job for all the mp3 files in the folder as a single batch process. A big help thanks. Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824899 10/05/24 11:25 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,571 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,571 Australia	Dan, Reaper will also do the job for you. Under the File menu, there is an item called "Batch file/Item converter". This will allow you to normalise using LUFS. LUFS tends to give better consistency between volumes than simple peak normalisation. Online sights such as Soundcloud normalise uploads using LUFS set to around -15. If you are still getting volume discrepancies between tracks, it would be worth trying Reaper and LUFS. When I tried it just now, Reaper converted mp3s to wav before normalising and the normalised end result was a wav file. Regards, --Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824946 10/06/24 07:12 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda DrDan OP Veteran
OP DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,948 Wauconda	Thanks for that Noel. That is good to know in the future. No surprise Reaper can do it all! Retired to Make Music - No Plan B My SoundCloud Preview My Current Project .

Re: Need help normalizing a play list DrDan #824950 10/06/24 08:23 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder Veteran
David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	The Reaper idea is good for a lot of files. But you would have to use something like audacity to catch convert back to MP3. If it is only 20 files I would just normalize all in audacity. -.3 is a good setting. Kind of loud but not too much, at least to me. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4 https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

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