anyone using AACGain to adjust levels with their itunes files?
i downloaded aacgain so i could set the gain levels in all of my itunes files to match all of the other MP3 i buy from other sites…
i was reading the readme file and didn’t like what i read…
anyone else using this program? any issues?
I did it to my collection with MP3Gain awhile back.
Worst mistake I’ve ever done. I now have to go back and try to re-buy/re-download/re-find a bunch of tracks because of it.
Note: I did this before I was actually mixing. As “prep” or so I thought at the time.
Forget about trying to modulate the gains with prep. Just use the gain knob while you’re in the mix.
i have used mp3 and soundforge to raise the levels of MP3s that needed it…no issues…
i believe alot of people on here have used mp3gain with no issues…
unless you are talking about the aacgain aspect of it…because of what i read i didnt feel to encouraged to try it…unless i made duplicates of all the itunes tracks…
Good advice.
If you’re using the music you’ve purchased for mixing this is preferred: even normalised you could end up playing on a bung system that’d require you to adjust gain manualy in any case. Best you’ve had the practice already.
Also, you wouldn’t want to introduce any artefacts to the audio.
If you’re simply listening to them, pretty certain iTunes has a normalisation function, which uses the first track played as the benchmark.
I’ve been playing for 20 years…i didnt come here for a lesson…
i thought the aac gain app had some bugs .. dunno have not used it myself.
mp3 gain can be undone mate, simply drag all your toons back in and select undo gain. Easy.
@Kieth, sorry but I have not used aacgain so can not offer any input on the subject. I just was curious which is why I checked the thread.
transcodes are bad
you can’t undo the aacgain though…which is what i didnt like…
mp3gain/replaygain adjusts tracks’ gain in increments of 1.5db. traktor’s autogain uses finer 0.1db increments. therefore, imo, there’s no point bothering with mp3gain unless you’re doing it for purposes other than digital DJing.
assuming aacgain does the same thing as mp3gain, it has the potential to be a waste of time as well.
don’t assume that…or assume that’s what i am doing…
go read the read me file for aacgain…which is different that mp3gain…
I’ve never used an “autogain” always used the gain nob on the mixer. If you’re concerned about what the program does, I’d err on the side of what you already know how to do.
ok, i just read it. seems to me aacgain is nothing but a front-end that takes care of AAC decoding. the way it computes the loudness of audio files is identical to mp3gain (i.e., by means of the replaygain algorithm).
to clarify, i am just saying that replaygain doesn’t make sense for use with traktor as traktor comes with a capable loudness-adjusting mechanism (autogain). if, however, you play back your audio with certain media players, it may make sense to run your stuff through mp3gain or aacgain. but itunes is not one of those media players as it includes an apple-developed proprietary alternative to replaygain called sound check. (i can’t speak to the quality of sound check as i don’t use itunes.)