Do you guys use sound check?

[55test55]

Is it any good?

 

[Acronym]

Is it any good?

its good if you have songs that are louder/quiter then others cause then it will auto adjust the volume to be at what you set it at (i believe)

 

[Kahnyl]

I'd like to if it worked better. It lowers the volume too much on half of my songs.

 

[David G.]

No

I have never ever used it and I don't see a reason too do so with what I listen to.

 

[jc1350]

I'd like to if it worked better. It lowers the volume on too much on half of my songs.

Agreed. I have to turn up the volume to hear almost half the songs - that pretty much defeats the purpose.

 

[billchase2]

I've never really tried it. If a song is softer/louder, I just change the volume for the track via iTunes and save it. That typically does the trick.

 

[Phatzer]

Is it any good?

Yes, but sometimes I find that when you skip a track, the volume jumps right up loud for a split second, which is pretty annoying.

 

[jbennardo]

I've never really tried it. If a song is softer/louder, I just change the volume for the track via iTunes and save it. That typically does the trick.

I do that as well... some of my older rips came in at a very low volume so I have to adjust. And I turn sound check off too.

 

[Mr. Giver '94]

Yes, but sometimes I find that when you skip a track, the volume jumps right up loud for a split second, which is pretty annoying.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one experiencing that!

I thought I was going crazy.

 

[fishkorp]

I use iVolume, and in order for that to work you need to turn on Sound Check, so yes, I have Sound Check enabled. iTunes alone managing the volume of songs is pretty weak. iVolume on the other hand does a great job.

 

[synagence]

I used AACGain or MP3Gain to process all my tracks to a set dB level.
It's a lossless and reversible process but only works well on windows (so u can always use W7 RC and virtualbox to process)

 

[Etnies419]

I used to, but I have a few songs that start off soft and get louder. The next song that plays after that seems to play at the volume that the song started out at.

 

[room237]

I've always had it on, but it's never worked right for me. Some albums are still very low volume. It hardly makes a difference. I have had more success raising the volume of the album or song thru the track info in iTunes.

 

[DavidFL]

I use iVolume, and in order for that to work you need to turn on Sound Check, so yes, I have Sound Check enabled. iTunes alone managing the volume of songs is pretty weak. iVolume on the other hand does a great job.

Thank you! I had never heard of iVolume until now, and always felt that sound check did a pretty bad job. I'm running iVolume now!!! Thanks for the tip!