Logic/iTunes MP3 Encoder & Soundcheck Phenomenon

I'm noticing something weird happening when listening to either the CDs I import or the tracks I bounce from Logic on my iPod when soundcheck is enabled.
When I directly choose a song to listen to, the volume is decreased a whole lot, but if I choose the immediately previous song and click "next" or "skip track" into the song, it'll be blasting very loud. If I click "previous track" from the next song into it, it'll still play very soft. Now, I'm wondering why this is happening only with my iTunes imports and my bounces from Logic and not other tracks. They play loud and fine everywhere else (CDs, web players, etc). Is it a setting in Apple's Mp3 encoder? Can anyone help me understand what's going on with what seems to be sorcery? Thanks.

the only thing I can think of is the clicking "next" or "skip track" skips the ID3 tag for some reason, perhaps clicking skip or next purposely does not read from the beginning of the file so as to avoid a click or pop.
The Sonar w/LAME encoder does not include ID3 info so there's no normalization.
Another example of possibly doing a bit too much for the user. You don't want to use Sound Check anyway, why would you want everything at or close to the same volume?   
Sound Check - Sound Check is a feature of iTunes, that can be used on the iPod, that normalizes the volume of the songs in your iTunes library. Because songs are recorded at different volumes and with different technologies over time, the volume that they play back at can be different. Sound Check scans your iTunes library and attempts to bring the volume of all songs in it into rough equivalence. It does this by scanning the playback volume of songs in the library and adjusting the "normalization information" ID3 tag for the song.
Sound Check does not actually change the volume of the orignal song.
Sound Check can be used with iPod playback as well. As long as it is enabled in iTunes, the Sound Check-enhanced songs will transfer to the iPod and play at a roughly equal volume.
Sound Check can be applied to MP3, AAC, WAV, and AIFF files.

Similar Messages

  • ITuned mp3 Encoder Problem

    Whenever I encode songs, I do so in mp3 format (very universal). I encode at 256 kpbs. However, one time I accidently did a 192 kbps encoding, but it sounded like a 112 kbps endcoding. Then I did a 112 kbps, and I was right. Then I brough up Nero so I could view the frequency range. it was worse than the 112 kbps... what is up with that. it cut off at about 12 khz on 192.... it cut off at about 12.5 or 13 khz with 112. Then I did a 256 encoding of the same song, and it cut off at about 15khz, which was about 128 kbps normally. Then I looked at previously encoded songs using this same iTunes that I just did (6.0.2.23), and at 256 they were fine, were normal. I did that one about 2 days ago. Then I viewed songs i imported yesterday. It had those bad effect tat it does now, cutting off at 16 khz and sounding like a 128 - 160 kbps. This has NEVER happened to me before on any otehr iTunes. I was wondering if this was a glitch or is fixed in the new 6.0.3 one that was released about 3 days ago. Thanks. I appreciate any feedback.
    ROB C

    I solved the problem.
    ITunes preferences are stored in a hidden directory here:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Programdata\Apple Computer\ITunes\iTunes.pref
    (Programdata might be called something else in the English version of XP, I have the Norwegian version...)
    Close ITunes.
    Open this file in a text editor that can handle binary files, for example Textpad (www.textpad.com).
    Remove the two lines starting with keys
    iTunes.exe:MP3 Encoder:Custom
    iTunes.exe:MP3 Encoder
    Start ITunes. Set your desired import bitrate.
    It should now be saved - and be picked up again next time you open your preferences.
    Actually it was saved all the time, but something corrupts this file disabling ITunes from picking up the correct mp3 encoder settings. I guess the 160kb/s setting is the default showing up when no settings are present.
    Hope this works for others having this problem as well!
    Regards,
    Vidar

  • MP3 encoder VBR Options doesn't work anymore

    Hi everyone !
    I always used iTunes mp3 encoder to rip my CD's with the VBR option ON and it worked fine until now.
    Indeed since 10.3 the VBR option doesn't seem to be working no more : the output is a CBR mp3 file either I tick or not the VBR option box !
    Does anyone have the same problem ? Is there a way to solve this issue ?
    Thank you

    We can't know. You have not provided any system info or other useful technical details.
    Mylenium

  • I am trying to create mp3 version of itune songs.  I have gone through the preference sequence to be mp3 encoder but this is not having any effect.  I have also tired from file tab to create a version but this is not available to action

    I am trying to create mp3 version of itune songs.  I have gone through the preference sequence to be mp3 encoder but this is not having any effect.  I have also tired from file tab to create a version but this is not available to action showing as lite grey.
    Any help would be appreciated

    I am trying to create mp3 version of itune songs.  I have gone through the preference sequence to be mp3 encoder but this is not having any effect.  I have also tired from file tab to create a version but this is not available to action showing as lite grey.
    Any help would be appreciated

  • MP3 Encoder Import  Bitrate is not saved by ITunes

    Hi!
    The importing bit rate for the MP3 Encoder is not saved by ITunes.
    This is obviously a bug only present in combination with special software / hardware, since several people have already have posted this problem on this forum.
    I am running
    - ITunes 6.0.1.3
    - Windows XP Home Edition SP2
    on a
    HP Pavilion zd8000.
    What I need to know is where these settings are stored, so that I can edit them directly to resolve the problem.
    If this is not possible, how can I debug to find out what is going on?
    I have reinstalled several times, and the system is not behaving consistently. I have played with different versions of ITunes. I have removed all ITunes entries in the registry between installations. I have succeeded in solving the problem, but it has reoccured.
    Please advice.
    Thanks in advance!
    Regards,
    Vidar
    email: [email protected]

    I solved the problem.
    ITunes preferences are stored in a hidden directory here:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Programdata\Apple Computer\ITunes\iTunes.pref
    (Programdata might be called something else in the English version of XP, I have the Norwegian version...)
    Close ITunes.
    Open this file in a text editor that can handle binary files, for example Textpad (www.textpad.com).
    Remove the two lines starting with keys
    iTunes.exe:MP3 Encoder:Custom
    iTunes.exe:MP3 Encoder
    Start ITunes. Set your desired import bitrate.
    It should now be saved - and be picked up again next time you open your preferences.
    Actually it was saved all the time, but something corrupts this file disabling ITunes from picking up the correct mp3 encoder settings. I guess the 160kb/s setting is the default showing up when no settings are present.
    Hope this works for others having this problem as well!
    Regards,
    Vidar

  • Convert quicktime mp4 to itunes mp3 with regular quicktime (not pro)

    Help. I used PodTube to get a song off YouTube. (not a slideshow or anything) and its in mp4 format. It's in iTunes now, but as a movie. How can I get it to show as a song?
    Thanks

    Buy it? If you want Pro features it is a logical step.
    Did you try the iTunes method before asking this? I was speculating a bit, first off I don't know how you have an MP4 video file with no video but in theory it might reencode, it costs nothing to try and would take all of 5 minutes. Go ahed see what happens.
    Another option is to open in MPEG Streamclip and export to AIFF then use the AIFF file in iTunes, again once in there reencode to MP3 or find some freeware AIF to MP3 encoder.

  • How do I compress my itunes MP3s to 192kb

    How do I compress my whole itunes library MP3s to 192kb? I want to make some space on my HD

    in iTunes, go preferences > general. click on +import settings+ and set +import using+ to *MP3 encoder*. in setting, choose the desired bitrate (192 kbps) and okay out.
    select the songs to be converted and, from the advanced menu, choose +create MP3 version+.
    be aware though that iTunes will create a new file for each one you convert.
    you can take care of the duplicate 320 kbps files by sorting your library by +bit rate+ and deleting the 320 kbps versions
    JGG

  • Artifacts in mp3 encoding

    I have been using itunes to encode audio recordings to mp3 for years but recently I have started to get artifacts appearing in the recordings. It looks like it is some kind of cross talk from one channel to the other (eg left to right) If there is speech on the left channel there is some faint twittering on the right. In the aiff version there is nothing, the twittering only appears after encoding to mp3. I usually encode to 128Kbps stereo. Any ideas on what is happening?

    Is this truly something that has suddenly started happening or have you just started listening to tracks with true stereo isolation? Very few stereo recordings truly have all of one signal coming through one channel an nothing through the other.
    In the mp3 encoder settings try toggling between joint stereo and normal. Part of mp3 space saving assumes that much of what is coming out one channel is similar to the what is coming out the other. It is redundant to preserve this separately so channels share some audio signal which can be stored jointly. I have zero familiarity with the encoding but am throwing out the suggestion that maybe in the case where you really have complete channel separation perhaps this joint method is allowing something to leak through to the other since it works on the principal that both channels do have similar information. "Normal" stores the two channels separately but also takes up more room because of redundant information storage.

  • Cannot change settings from AAC to MP3 encoder although able to do so on another computer

    I am frustrated as I am able to change my settings on ITunes 10 on my desktop computer, but when I downloaded ITunes10 on my notebook, I was not able to change the same settings from AAC to MP3 encoder although I clicked ok. It keeps reverting to AAC, and I am not able to rightclick my music file, as I can do on my desktop, to create a smaller mp3....
    I also noticed that other checkmarks, i.e. checking "podcast" under general preferences under source revert back to unchecked when I get out.
    What to do?
    Thanks so much,
    Anita

    andreafromspringfield gardens wrote:
    And what does "in the Enterprise" mean?
    In a school / business / corporate environment. Used for a large deployement of iPads.
    http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/enterprise/

  • Garageband iTunes MP3

    I am attempting to import a project from Garageband into iTunes. I'm successful getting the Garageband file 'shared' to iTunes as an .aiff file. I need to convert that file to MP3.
    I've changed preferences > advanced > import using MP3 encoder, then converting the file to MP3 but it is saving it as an MPEG file. I assume I'm missing a step here. I need to play this on a standard CD player.
    I'd like to either save the file and burn directly from Garageband as an MP3 OR save the file to iTunes, convert and then burn as an MP3.
    Any help/ advice would be appreciated!
    c

    ekpjc wrote:
    I've changed preferences > advanced > import using MP3 encoder, then converting the file to MP3 but it is saving it as an MPEG file. I assume I'm missing a step here. I need to play this on a standard CD player.
    MP3 is a type MPEG file. So, it sounds to me as if things are being converted correctly. Please note that not all standard CD players will handle an mp3 disk. If you aren't sure, you will want to burn your music as an Audio CD, not an mp3 CD.
    You can also send a song from Garageband to iTunes as an mp3. Share>Send Song to iTunes. Check the box next to "Compress" and from the Compress with drop down box, select mp3 encoder.

  • Wave Stuido 6.0 - MP3 encoder

    I have Creative Wave Studio 6.20.4 with MP3 encoder and Wave Studio 7. without MP3 encoder.
    I don't recall if WS 6.20.4 came with the MP3 encoder or if I upgraded it to include the MP3 encoder. I don't seem to find anything on my system about upgrading WS 6.20.4 to include MP3, so what I'm asking is if WS version 6.xx came with a MP3 encoder or it that was an extra cost item, before I go nuts trying to find upgrade info (like a key) that doesn't exist because it was part of the standard Wave Studio 6.xx and not a upgrade.

    I solved the problem.
    ITunes preferences are stored in a hidden directory here:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Programdata\Apple Computer\ITunes\iTunes.pref
    (Programdata might be called something else in the English version of XP, I have the Norwegian version...)
    Close ITunes.
    Open this file in a text editor that can handle binary files, for example Textpad (www.textpad.com).
    Remove the two lines starting with keys
    iTunes.exe:MP3 Encoder:Custom
    iTunes.exe:MP3 Encoder
    Start ITunes. Set your desired import bitrate.
    It should now be saved - and be picked up again next time you open your preferences.
    Actually it was saved all the time, but something corrupts this file disabling ITunes from picking up the correct mp3 encoder settings. I guess the 160kb/s setting is the default showing up when no settings are present.
    Hope this works for others having this problem as well!
    Regards,
    Vidar

  • Restoring MediaSource 3.30.21 MP3 encoding functionality in MediaSource 5, in Vi

    I own the Zen Sleek Touch Photo. I have been for the last year or two been using MediaSource 3.30.2
    I read from Creative that I could retain MP3 encoding functionality in MediaSource 5 as long as I
    kept MediaSource 3.30.2 installed. This is fine all except for the problem that I can't successfully
    install MediaSource 3.30.2 in Vista automatically. However, I am fully capable of manually installing
    whichever piece of MediaSource 3.30.2 that flags MediaSource 5.
    There are only a few directorys and places in the registry that MediaSource 3.30.2 installs to.
    I'd like to know which file or registry string, or combination MediaSource 5 looks for, for the
    encoding functionality.

    gblackwo wrote:
    Well, I gave up trying to get mediasource5 to work, and let me encode mp3s. So I found it easier to hack mediasource 3 to install into vista 64bit. It works.
    To enable MP3 encoding in MediaSource v5 you need to buy the Creative MP3 Audio Pack. http://buy.soundblaster.com/_creativ...FX685ASKJBLYY2 The pack includes the MP3 plug-in (composed of 2 files), so you are wasting your time trying to enable it in the Registry.

  • ITunes MP3 CD wont play in MP3 enabled stereo

    Hi All
    I have been searching around these forums and this is driving me round the bend. I burn an iTunes MP3 CD and it wont play in my car stereo. The discs load but just show up as a one track CD that continuously plays but with no sound.
    My car is not old and it can play MP3 CD's. I have tried all the recommendations - adding to a playlist and setting the playlist order, creating cd's in the root directory, creating cds with tracks in folders and also using the Finder to burn the files to disc - nothing.
    I really want to do this as my car has no aux input and FM transmitters are rubbish quality.
    Any ideas?

    andygoodyear wrote:
    I have heard that it is more of a MAC issue than a cd player issue? The old one which works was burnt using a PC
    Could be the CD burner. Has it been checked?

  • How do I download my iTunes mp3s from amazon cloud to my iPad?

    How do I download my iTunes mp3s from amazon cloud to my iPad?

    I'm guessing you mean your Amazon mp3s? Download them to your computer. Import to iTunes. Sync your iPad.

  • As3 mp3 encode problem

    Hi,
    We are developing an app that could play mp3s from a music store. We found that the downloaded mp3 from the store can't play be as3's Sound class. The file's information can be load, but just not to play. Same code (something like new Sound(); load(urlrequest);play();..) will work to some of other mp3s. I've searched from internet. Looks like this is only way to play mp3s by AS3. Some older AS2 code could play these mp3s by sound.loadSound(). I don't understand why the old method is better than the newer one, and it is in same flash editor and player. I re-encoded the mp3s by Adobe Media Encoder, and the AS3 player will work. But I can't do it for every customer's downloaded mp3. From internet, I can't find what is the specification of Flash friendly mp3 Encode. And every other mp3 player can play these mp3s even Flash AS2.
    Please help!
    Andy

    The reason I listed as3 and as2 code with local mp3 is showing you even the code is simple like that, it is still not working. So I don't expect it could work with more complicated situation, and how wired it isthat AS2 code could work but not AS3.
    It will be an iOS app, but anyway it will be running by swf, right?
    The music will be downloaded from the music store, but it will be running in the local folder, not stream from internet.
    So the code for music playing will just be like that:
    import flash.media.*;
      var snd:Sound = new Sound();
      snd.load(new URLRequest("Music.mp3"));
      snd.play();

Maybe you are looking for