ProducerIan
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Q: Does Sound Check work on Apple Music?

Since the roll out of Apple Music, just like with iTunes Match, I'm not entirely sure if Sound Check still works?

 

I have used iVolume (http://www.mani.de/en/ivolume/) to more effectively apply Sound Check volumes to my iTunes Library and give all the files an overall volume boost to make up for how Sound Check lowers the overall playback level following adjustment.

 

Since the launch of Apple Music, are these numbers still being applied in iTunes?

 

And more importantly, does all of Apple Music's streaming library have any sort of Sound Check values in their metadata?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 22, 2015 3:24 AM

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  • by Rob Marquardt,

    Rob Marquardt Rob Marquardt Oct 28, 2015 1:10 PM in response to ProducerIan
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    Oct 28, 2015 1:10 PM in response to ProducerIan

    I also use iVolume, and its adjustments do show up in files added to Apple Music (Get Info > File > Volume). That being said, iTunes on Mac or iOS seems to partially or entirely ignore these values (which was also an issue with iTunes Match). Even iTunes on the Mac with access to the local files seems scattershot with volume levels on playback. A third-party broadcast tool I use that also reads the tag plays with rock-solid volume levels.

     

    Apple Music’s streaming library does have adjustment tags in their metadata. Whether they’re honored any better, I don’t know.