Sound Check pros/cons?

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Sound Check pros/cons?

For those that use "Sound Check", what does that do to your songs/files? Is there any long term issues with that? I am constantly adjusting volume and this is supposed to fix it right? But I've heard there are problems. What are they?

iPod 60GB, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Dec 18, 2009 4:08 PM

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roaminggnome

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Dec 18, 2009 4:21 PM in response to Laporbo

I've never had an issue.

What problems have you heard about?

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Laporbo Author

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Dec 18, 2009 4:35 PM in response to roaminggnome

I just heard that is somehow makes changes to the song file which cannot be undone and screws up the songs on anything else other than itunes/ipod.

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roaminggnome

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Dec 18, 2009 4:38 PM in response to Laporbo

In 4 years of using itunes and sound check, I have never had an issue.

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ed2345

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Dec 18, 2009 4:50 PM in response to Laporbo

Pros - it does not affect the sound file.

Cons - it does not work.

Actaully there are 3 SoundChecks: one for iTunes playback, one for iPod playback, and one for burning. The one for burning is very poor, and the other two are not as good as they should be.

However, they do not modify the audio in the file. They use the stored sound level (which was calculated when the file was added to the library) and adjust accordingly upon playback/burning.

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