Re: Smart Volume for WinXP?

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PanHandler wrote:
"Moonbarker Osbourne" <MoonbarkerOsbourne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:CF91CD05-2643-4C3F-9AA1-3FC9FCC42A63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You know how it is. You're playing your mp3's an' you have to turn up
the
volume for one only to have next one come on louder than you like because
programs that's supposed to make all your mp3's have the same volume
level
don't work as well as they should.

Or you're watchin' a video and you have to turn it up when they're
talkin'
in low voices only to have the volume blastin' when music and or an
action
starts (same type thing that happens when watchin' TV, even one with so
called smart volume)

Can someone please tell me where I can find a smart volume program for
WinXP
that actually works like smart volume should or if that's not possible,
at
least a reason why it's not possible? How hard is it to understand a
simple
concept like "Make a program to auto regulate volume out of the speakers
so
it sounds the same volume to the human ear even if the volume level
output
of the source file or signal changes"

I have thousands of mp3's, ripped over the years, and after each ripping
session I use Audacity to normalize volume and edit tags. It works, but
not
as well as I'd really like it to. I'm interested in replies here also. I'm
not sure which is better; normalizing 'up front' or 'on-the-fly'.

Normalizing up front, I think, as part of good housekeeping, so the mp3
files will all be at the same volume no matter what they are played on. I
use MP3Gain for that.


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