Sound Check feature on iOS 5

There were different problems reported throughout this thread, but the initial problem of soundcheck suddenly stopping to do it's job (in my case each time I skip a track) has indeed been fixed. I'm using the gold master since about a week and soundcheck hasn't failed a single time since then (see my previous post), both on the iPhone and iPad.

FlavioT ,thank you!!!

in my case,not only skipping,the bug just happen randomly ,sometimes too loud and sometimes too low,did you have the same problem before,did they fix it too?

No I never had this problem. Souncheck either did it's job, or it stopped completely and songs just played at the normal volume. Maybe that was what you noticed in different audio levels?

I must also note that I did not use iTunes to scan my files, but replaygain (using foobar2000) and mp3tag (using it's "rg2sc" function in my own script). iTunes scans files individually instead of the average volume over each album (and does a bad job at it), so turning on soundcheck when listening to an album could actually cause tracks to appear too loud or too low. If it's always the same tracks that have this effect for you, soundcheck might have worked as intended all the time - within the limits of iTunes' scanner.

Using the album gain keeps tracks at their original volume over the entire album, but still works great when mixing tracks from different albums.

I am happy to report thas as of iOS 6.0 the bug has been fixed!

I concur. IOS 6 has fixed the problem for me too.

Fixed? NOT! - iOS6 only works on 4g ipod touch (not 3g).

So the rest of us are stuck with a problem Apple is not going to fix?

At least they should let us go back to 4.XX version that actually worked.

I was using the smart playlist function and that also is screwed up with iOS5.

Not so fast with the 'Hurray, it's fixed!' I just had the ears blasted off me for a split second at the start of a track. So, no, it's effing well not fixed.

Same thing for me ! The volume adjustments seem to have been fixed ! But randomly, as "Is there a vet in the house?" said, the volume increases for a fraction of a second a the beginning of some tracks. Very annoying !!!

Please Apple, fix that and correctly !

As far as I know this is and was always the case for all iPods (in their various forms, including iPhone) so far: The volume adjustment is not exactly "in sync" with the beginning of a new song, so it might be off for a fraction of a second (maybe a tenth or so - it's really short). I guess this is because audio playing is done by playing some ring buffer, but volume adjustment by setting some hardware equalizer settings. But usually this is not a big problem, because nearly all songs begin more or less silently. Do you really have songs that "explosively" start at a high volume level?

Yes, it would be fine if this could be done EXACTLY right if possible, but for me that's not a big deal. And this problem is independent of the bug in iOS 5 that this thread is all about.

Have do disagree with you mani.de. I never had any tracks do this before iOS 5. As for your second point, I think if you read back through the posts you will see that other people have reported this split second anomaly as a new problem associated with the failure of Sound Check in iOS 5.

Oh, and I forgot to add: I do apologise for having tracks that start explosively but I'm afraid musicians have been crafting music like that for quite some time. (Wagner? Or is it Bethoven? I'm sure someone will correct me.) Bottom line is: I'm not going to limit my choice in music to suit what is basically poorly-crafted software.

As for expecting Sound Check to work "EXACTLY right", why not? Why shouldn't we demand that a product works correctly? Why shouldn't we demand perfection? After all, we have all paid a premium price for our iPods and iPhones.

I agree with "vet in the house". I never got this problem until iOS 5, and yes, there a lot of tunes out there that starts not so quietly and this issue is, at least for me, worst than the volume problem after skipping a song on the playlist.

I didn't updated any of my devices and I only will after this problem got completly fixed once and for all! I really don't see the point to update it. We lost Google Maps on the process and there's some rough edges to fix on the system like some people reports, like the wifi problem.

There other question about some considered "old" devices to get a system update. I think someone else already talked about this, the ipod case. People who owns an ipod 3g will be very angry and with reason. The iphone 3gs got this update, why the ipod not?

So, the only option to me is wait a bit longer.

So this problem is kind of "fixed" in iOS6? Not much help for those of us with iPods stuck on iOS5 and I guess we'll never see a real fix for this problem now. 😠

hello guys,anything new about the soundcheck problem?did apple really fix all the bugs?

Hi amusebouche. Since the release I have only had a couple of instances where I've noticed any problem: both fraction-of-a-second loudness before the volume ajdusted. I haven't come across drops or increases in volume for whole tracks. It certainly looks like there's been a big improvement.