2G Shuffle...So, is Sound Check my only volume adjustment option?

I have meticulously adjusted the volume of each song in my iTunes library with iVolume 1.6.1, and it works great with my 5G Video iPod.
None of these volume adjustments seem to have carried over to my new 2G Shuffle. Is Sound Check my only option here?
And if I HAVE to activate Sound Check in iTunes and my Shuffle, will it wipe out all of my track by track volume settings (which I'd like to keep intact for use on my 5G iPod)?

I have meticulously adjusted the volume of each song in my iTunes library with iVolume 1.6.1
Version 2 is over a year old.
And if I HAVE to activate Sound Check in iTunes and my Shuffle, will it wipe out all of my track by track volume settings (which I'd like to keep intact for use on my 5G iPod)?
It will keep the smae settings.
Just turn off Soundcheck on the 5G.
Incidentally, iVolume 2 ($7 upgrade from version 1.x) has been out for over a year now.
"The new adjustment method introducted with iVolume 2.0 that is based on the built-in 'Sound Check' function of iTunes solves all those problems (with the old version) and is a huge improvement compared to the previous versions of iVolume"

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I've tried to get one playback level after burning many tracks onto 1 CD.
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I've tried to get one playback level after burning
many tracks onto 1 CD.
found the Sound Check option under
Preferences/Advanced/Burning; but, I still get one
or more tracks still out of level with others (a
shock to one's hearing on playback).
Any help to obtain the desired result would be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Max

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Here's my problem exactly:
I have a huge library of music I have imported from CDs. They all have dB adjustments attached to them via Sound Check. (These are not adjustments made by the manual Volume Adjustment slider in the Options preference menu.)
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Hmmm...
OK - a better question for me is how does Sound Check work?
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It seemed that Sound Check would be the perfect solution, but not so: while Sound Check has set Volume levels for all the music tracks I checked, and many podcasts, there are quite a few podcasts that Get Info / Summary reports the Volume as "Not available." This doesn't seem to be just a display glitch: when I turn Sound Check on and off, the volume doesn't change on these tracks. As Murphy would predict, the ones that need the most adjustment don't get any
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I want to boost the volume of my First Generation iPod so it will sound pretty good on my passive speakers.
However, I notice that adjusting the volume on the iTunes file and adjusting the equaliser makes no difference when playing the shuffle back!!
Also Ive discovered along the way that, although there is an option for sound check, it does nothing either!!
Why put a 'Sound Check' box in the option if it makes no difference?!
Also, how can I boost the output of my shuffle. I cant seem to get the shuffle to 'read' tracks I have modified!
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You didn't mention adjusting the volume using the control button on the front of the shuffle. I'd expect you'll need to run it up to maximum. Even then, I have my doubts about how much volume you'll be able to get out of even mini desktop passive speakers, although I know they're sold.
If you tried enabling Sound Check (both in iTunes and the shuffle's settings) and adjusting the volume in the song's Info/Options, I wouldn't expect an audible difference since they'd work to cancel each other out.
I've never tried the equalizer at all, but in the past I've used the volume adjustment in a song's Info/Options to adjust for differences between songs. It worked for me, for that purpose. I haven't tried it as an overall volume boost, though.
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Seems to me I have seen some inconsistent opinions about this in some older posts. Someone said sound check needs to be activated in the IPod only, someone said it has to be activated in both ITunes and IPod. Mine is only activated in the IPod and that is not working. I have been hesitant about using sound check in ITunes. If I enable it in ITunes will that effect the original files on my hard drive? That would be a show stopper.
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I have a brand new Nano, 3rd generation, 8GB and want to use the "Sound Check" option described in the manual.
I checked this option in Itunes, under Preferences> Playback to automatically adjust playback volume to the same level. The manual indicates this must also be done on the Ipod. I can't find the menu option on the Nano.
I've looked under Settings and these are my choices: About - Shuffle - Repeat - Main Menu - Volume Limit - Backlight - Audio books. I tried "Volume Limit" but that only is for "locking" the volume, not adjusting each song.
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1)- Turn on the iPod
2)- Scroll down & select "Settings"
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Background - iPhone 6, iPad 2, several other older devices; all running iOS 8.1.1 or whatever the most recent version that the device can handle; current version of iTunes running on a WIndows PC. No WiFi or iCloud sync, all cables and old school.
Due to ongoing music sync issues with iTunes (seeIOS 8 won't sync music with itunes if you're really interested), I've been forced to use several non-Apple applications to provide the sync functionality that iTunes previously did for me. I can say without reservation that although this is complicated, and involves several pieces of software, it works well, and it's been working well for weeks. Which is more than I can say for iTunes, which hasn't worked well since the iOS8 update.
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The ONLY function that I have not been able to replicate is volume normalization across my entire library of 6000+ songs, which I previously achieved using SoundCheck both within iTunes and across all of my Apple devices, in conjunction with an application called iVolume which further fine tunes the volume differences. So whether I choose to shuffle and play my entire library, or any number of songlists, the volume remains somewhat consistent, I don't have to keep messing with it on my phone, in the car, etc.
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Normalization with Audacity: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/amplify_and_normalize.html
MP3 encoder for exporting to MP3: http://lame.sourceforge.net/

2G Shuffle...So, is Sound Check my only volume adjustment option?

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