bmerikal Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Does having the Sound Check box in the playback section of your iTunes preferences selected when ripping CDs affect their sound/bits later if you play them back with Sound Check unchecked? In other words, I know that, for serious listening, you should uncheck Sound Check. However, since my set up is in the kitchen/family room a lot of my listening is casual (i.e. background music during dinner or playing games). For this reason, I often use Sound Check so as to avoid the large fluctuations that inevitably occur when shuffling among different sources. I'm just hoping I can have my proverbial audiophile cake and eat it too. Does this make sense? Thanks, Bill Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hi Bill - You certainly can have your cake and eat it too. The sound check feature is only for playback and does not effect importing at all. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
cornishmanc Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I find that even with Soundcheck I get large variations in playback volume. I am wondering if I should re-scan all the tracks on my iTunes database? If so, is there a best way or is there some software out there that does a better job? I am on Mac 10.4 and 10.5 Cheers Ian Link to comment
Al Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 as i wonder if there is really any such software that actually works consistently... Panasonic PXP 42 V20; Panasonic DMP BD35; Sky+ HD Box. [br]Optical out from Asus P7H55-M into AVI ADM 9.1 speakers. [br]\"Music will provide the light you cannot resist\"[br] Link to comment
bmerikal Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 If you're interested in keeping your music at a constant volume level (and who wouldn't be, given that not all listening is serious listening), you should definitely look into iVolume. As I wrote in my post, iTunes Helper Apps: iVolume ($30) I know that for the best possible reproduction, you should turn off Sound Check in your preferences, but for 'background' listening iVolume improves the built-in 'Sound Check' function of iTunes to have your songs actually play at the same volume level. It's made it so I can listen to music at work without my coworkers screaming, "Stop turning your music up!" every third or fourth song. http://www.mani.de/ivolume/index.html While you're at it, you should definitely check out the other apps (especially the applescripts at dougscripts.com) I recommend in that post. http://www.computeraudiophile.com/node/633 HTH, Bill Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. Link to comment
RobF228 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 My only regret is I didn't find this post sooner! Thank you very much for your iVolume link - bought it!! Link to comment
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