Is there a free program to equalize the volume on downloaded music files?

I have over 600 MP3s on a ZIP drive for my truck. It allows me to NOT listen to commercials and to just relax and listen to the music. But the volume levels are not the same and I have to adjust the truck's volume quite a bit.

I think Linux Multimedia Studio is free and can run on Windows.

http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php

Quote from: CG6468 on July 21, 2014, 10:21:41 AM
Is there a free program to equalize the volume on downloaded music files?

I have over 600 MP3s on a ZIP drive for my truck. It allows me to NOT listen to commercials and to just relax and listen to the music. But the volume levels are not the same and I have to adjust the truck's volume quite a bit.

I've used MP3Gain in the past and been very happy with it. One thing to watch, though. Volume normalizers for mp3 files actually delete and rewrite each music file, which means that the new files will play back in the order they were rewritten. The default setting for mass normalizing is to select files in alphabetical order, which means they will be rewritten and time/date stamped in alphabetical order. This can be a problem with albums that depend on a certain series of play. Your new Nutcracker Suite may play the various movements in a different order from the original after you've done the automatic volume normalizing. Freddie Mercury may no longer segue from "We Will Rock You" into "We Are The Champions." If you're very careful with your settings before you normalize a batch of mp3s -- that is, if you set the program to normalize in the same order as the files were created, by time/date stamp -- you should be able to avoid this problem.

Quote from: TboneAgain on July 21, 2014, 01:26:14 PM
I've used MP3Gain in the past and been very happy with it. One thing to watch, though. Volume normalizers for mp3 files actually delete and rewrite each music file, which means that the new files will play back in the order they were rewritten. The default setting for mass normalizing is to select files in alphabetical order, which means they will be rewritten and time/date stamped in alphabetical order. This can be a problem with albums that depend on a certain series of play. Your new Nutcracker Suite may play the various movements in a different order from the original after you've done the automatic volume normalizing. Freddie Mercury may no longer segue from "We Will Rock You" into "We Are The Champions." If you're very careful with your settings before you normalize a batch of mp3s -- that is, if you set the program to normalize in the same order as the files were created, by time/date stamp -- you should be able to avoid this problem.

Thank you. Will it also work on a MAC, or is it a Windoze program?

Quote from: CG6468 on July 21, 2014, 08:28:54 PM
Thank you. Will it also work on a MAC, or is it a Windoze program?

It's available for Windows and Linux, but not Mac, I'm afraid.

Thanks! I'll try it on my laptop, which is up and running as we speak.

MP3Gain wants to load a bunch of other shit, and when I say no, it just locks up and I have to shut off and restart the computer.

Quote from: CG6468 on July 22, 2014, 09:37:40 AM
MP3Gain wants to load a bunch of other shit, and when I say no, it just locks up and I have to shut off and restart the computer.

Sorry about that! I've never had a problem with it, but then I haven't used it for a while.

Oh, well.......

IT was free, but everything else it wanted to add cost money, and I didn't need or want any of that crap.