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Audio levels of songs differ on albums

I've noticed that on some records that I matched to 256k, the levels from song to song can be way different. Talking Heads 77 specifically was really noticable. Anyone else have this issue and/or solution?


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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive

Posted on Jan 6, 2013 10:23 AM

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Jan 7, 2013 9:52 AM in response to Tyler Routson

This can definitely happen when some songs from and album match and others upload. If all songs on a given album matched, this is strange. There is an option in iTunes, under the Edit menu and Preferences to normalize the volume of all songs. Once the preferences dialog is displayed, it on the Playback tab. Check the box to enable 'Sound Check.' iTunes will start analyzing all your songs. This may take some time when first turned on. iTunes is not modifying your actual song files, but just the meta-information it stores about them. It will store a dB level offset for each song. When it plays back songs, it will use this offset to approximately make all songs the same volume.


Note, after enabling this option in iTunes, you will also need to enable this option on your other devices as well, like you iPhone. The option is under Settings and Music.

Jan 8, 2013 1:05 AM in response to Tyler Routson

You can know for sure by enabling the iTunes Status column in the iTunes browser. In Song view (AKA List view) pull down View > View Options and select "iCloud Status." Close the window and you will see the new column. This will tell you whether the songs on the album are "matched," "uploaded" or "purchased." If the album was originally purchased from the iTunes Store it should all say "purchased." If it comes from somewhere else the tracks will be "matched" or "uploaded."

Audio levels of songs differ on albums

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