Sound Check and Alarm

What does the "sound check" option actually do. It appears to just limit the volume, but how does it know what volume to which to limit?
Also, is there any way of making the alarm BEEP louder?

What does the "sound check" option actually do. It appears to just limit the volume, but how does it know what volume to which to limit?
Audio CDs are mastered differently, so you may have discrepancies in volume between songs on different albums.
You can use the soundcheck feature to standardize the volume of all the songs in your music library.
Apply it in iTunes using the edit/preferences/playback menu (Windows).
iTunes/preferences/playback (Macs).
Turn it on on the iPod using the settings/soundcheck/on menu.
After applying it in iTunes, sync your iPod to reflect the changes made.
There are 3rd party programs that do this more effectively (at least in my opinion).
For Macs there is iVolume.
Also Macmp3Gain.
Also, is there any way of making the alarm BEEP louder?
Not as far as i know.

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My Ipod touch will not let me change the audio settings. Before I upgraded to the latest os for my ipod touch I used sound check and the levels of my music was mostly the same, now it is all over the place and I can't seem to fix it. I will gladly take any advice on this please.

I have the same problem when disconnecting my Cintiq Companion Hybrid but its very intermident as if you continue to connect and discount it you can get it working again. Also the keyboard and track pad and cut out when you first plug it in, but have found that by keeping the trackpad active (moving your finger on it) while it goes to mirrored screen mode, it can help keep both working.

TA24264 so if I enable Sound Check and then increase the volume on an individual song will that song revert to playing at the sound check level??

so if I enable Sound Check and then increase the volume on an individual song will that song revert to playing at the sound check level??

If that's the best you can do why don't you get on another forum?

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Equaliser, Sound Check and Volume make no difference to the Shuffle!

Hi there
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!
Tc

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.
A utility like MacMP3Gain does a bit better job of normalizing song to song volume than Sound Check, to my ears. I haven't included a link to the program, since this board has disallowed that in the past. It's pretty easy to find, though.
That said, these days I'm just using Sound Check and from time to time tweaking the results with the shuffle's front button. But that's a different application than yours.
Good luck
srb

Sound check and normalization

when i play mp3 with winamp (sorry guys, but my most favourite player) or edit the tag infos, i can see the normalization infos of itunes (itunnorm 78978977879) and not my infos!!!!!!!!!
i tried 2 disable this funktion in itunes, but on every restart itunes begins 2 analyse all tracks again....
how can i turn off the sound check funktion?

First, I would consider leaving it on, and to stop using Winamp. Winamp shouldn't display this info, and if it is, then it's Winamp's bug. You might be able to stop Winamp doing this by using iTunes to Convert the ID3 tags on your MP3's to v2.3 tags. Right click the track in iTunes and tell it to convert the ID3 tag. If that works, you can do it on the whole library at once (CTRL-A to select all, then same thing).
But, you can disable SoundCheck entirely by turning off Sound Check in the Preferences screen AND by turning off the "Use Sound Check" on the burning preferences tab as well. Both of them must be turned off or it will scan your files for volume level information.

"Disable" Sound Check

There has been much discussion about the pros and cons of Sound Check, and some excellent details are provided about how it works and how difficult a process it is to standardize volume. Generally, I'm happy with the feature with one exception: live concerts, especially with songs that segue, like a Dead or Zappa concert. If I want to listen to the contiguous show, sometimes there are significant swings in volume between tracks. Yes, joining tracks is one option, but that creates very long "songs." I could also go track by track and manually set each song's volume to some standard, but my ear ain't that good. So my questions:
(1) After tracks have been imported and Sound Checked, is there a way to reset a certain group of songs to the original, non-varying, un-Sound Checked volume level?
(2) If not, can I re-import the concerts and somehow maintain the consistent volume level for the tracks that make up each show? Would I have to turn off Sound Check in perpetuity to do this?
Thanks for any suggestions
Dell Inspiron 8200 Windows XP

Sound Check works well on an iPod when listening through the headphones. Works on all iPods, as far as I know.
Some iPods have their 'Line Out' audio (Dock Connector) affected by Sound Check, others do not.
If may be iPod 'Generational' differences &/or Firmware differences - I do not know. The only way to determine if the Sound Check feature works via the Dock is to perform some simple tests (if you have the appropriate connections).
I determined that my 2Gen iPod mini with Firmware v1.3 does not pass Sound Checked audio via the Dock. Makes it more work to manually adjust the volume in my car (via a Direct Interface) or my home speakers.
See this thread for more information: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1683429#1683429

Is sound check still in effect if songs are downloaded to a non-ipod device?

If Sound Check and/or Volume Adjusment (under "Get Info) are engaged in the itunes library, and then the songs are downloaded to a non-ipod device (flash drive) are those adjustments still in effect? Same question if songs are downloaded to an ipod.

Hmmm...
OK - a better question for me is how does Sound Check work?
Lets say I have only 2 songs in my entire iPod music library. One song has maximum volume @ 0dB and the other song only hits -6dB. When Sound Check is enabled, does the loud song get pulled down to -6dB or the -6dB up to 0dB or some average?
Because when it is selected on my iPod - the volume goes down at least 3dB. Now do I have to somehow find those guilty songs that are pulling all the other tunes down with it?
Thanks,
Scott

Sound Check Errors

I recently activated Sound Check, and iTunes gave me a message like "determining sound level" and it only scrolled through 10 songs. Shouldn't it scan through all the tracks?

That doesn't look like it should compile correctly. You've got initWithFileName:andExt: defined inside the playSound: method.

Reinstalled iTunes - "Sound Check" option no longer effective

I've always used and liked the "Sound Check" option in iTunes. Recently, due to 13-year-old hijinx, my library became corrupt. I uninstalled iTunes, downloaded the most recent version, and reinstalled it. I assumed the "Sound Check" option defaulted to "off", so I proceeded to add all my music folders to create a new library in the newly installed iTunes. Then I realized the "Sound Check" option was actually turned on - why I don't know, since I hadn't switched it on. I had assumed after the "add music folders" process I would turn on "Sound Check" and iTunes would read the music files to obtain the volume (usually a several hour process with my 6000+ songs). But it never did read the files. And now, even though "Sound Check" is on, it doesn't seem to me that the songs play at the same level. I've tried switching "Sound Check" off and then turning it on again to no avail. Is there a way to manually force iTunes to re-listen to the music files to re-set the levels for "Sound Check"? -Murray

hmmmmm. this is going to be experimental. (because i've never seen the problem i'm checking on manifest in quite this way before.) but in theory, it could help identify the cause.
Sound Check is an itunes preference. sometimes we get cases of preferences refusing to change for folks because one of the itunes preference files has gone skunky in some way. so it's plausible that you've got a preference file gone bad here.
let's try an experiment aimed at seeing if this might be the cause of the problem in your case.
quit itunes.
head into your user accounts control panel and create a new user account with full administrative rights. (there's help documentation on how to do that at the left of the control panel screen.) while you're in that control panel, switch off "fast user switching" in your logging-on preferences.
now log out of the old account and log into the new account.
launch itunes.
import some music into the (currently empty) library in the user account. (perhaps a couple of different albums with fairly wildly different recording levels.) listen to them with Sound Check on, and with Sound Check off.
does sound check make a difference in the new account?
(there's a different set of preference files in the new account and the old account, which is why a preference problem in one account usually doesn't affect preferences in a different account, and why this experiment may indicate the preference files are at fault in the old account.)

Is anyone else having problems with Sound Check playing tracks at the wrong volume in Album view?

I have noticed in the last few weeks that when I play an album on iTunes, some of the tracks are played at a lower volume. I am using sound check, and when I play the tracks individually from the "Songs" view they all play at the correct volume. However, when i choose album view, some of the same tracks are played at a lower volume. I have rang the support line and they couldn't tell me why this is happening. Has anybody else had this happen to them, and does anyone know a way round this?

I have problems with many of the same issues you mention with zoom on iOS8. Its not entirely clear if this is intended functionality or a number of bugs. The setting for full screen view versus window/regional view seems to not apply globally, which is insanely frustrating. Window view pops up without warning, particularly in a keyboard pop-up event.
I don't particularly liek the popup menu either, but now I HAVE to use it to constantly change from the sudden change to window focus to full screen zoom.
Some of the new filter features are nice additions, but don't seem to work well. or be performance optimized. Low-light, for example, stutters on zooming.
I would also assert that zooming in and out seems more abrubpt and less accurate.
iOS8 is definitely a decrease in usability and performance from its predecessors. Apple, please work out the bugs and get this right!

I just got the macbook air for christmas and i also got the dr dre headphones so i am trying to enable my soundcheck on my iTunes but i cannot figure out how to find where sound check is located can someone please help!!

i just got the macbook air for christmas and i also got the dr dre headphones so i am trying to enable my soundcheck on my iTunes but i cannot figure out how to find where sound check is located can someone please help!!

Go to the iTunes menu > Preferences > Playback.

ITunes and sound check

I updated to iTunes ver 7.1.1.5 recently. I have a problem with "Determining Song Volume" of all my library every time I open iTunes. It uses 100% CPU until I stop it.
I have already UNCHECKED Sound Check, that didn't seem help.
I reinstalled it again and that didn't help either. Is this a bug or is it just my Windows XP problem?
thanks in advance.
P4 Windows XP Pro

Hello,
I have to admit I've never used it but found this Macworld article a very useful explanation:
http://www.macworld.com/article/44344/2005/04/soundcheckyou.html
iVolume which is linked to from the MW article should check all your files again and put the adjusted volume in the ID3 info.
HTH.
mrtotes

IOS 5 Sound Quality and Sound Check issues

So since upgrading my iPod to iOS 5 the sound quality of my music has deteriorated massively and sound check no longer works as it should.
Tracks sound crackly and audio volume will remain balanced for a few tracks when sound check is on, then all of a sudden become completely unbalanced and all over the place. My iPod is only just about useable, it's a bit of a disaster that its main feature doesn't work as it should.
Everything else in my iOS5 works as it should.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Richard.

Since I bought iPhone4 and listened my songs with "Ipod app" and external speakears I was amazed how brilliant, sharp, intense, clear, perfect bass, perfect trebble the sound was, there was no distortions or saturations ever... The sound quality was just PERFECT with the equalization OFF!!! Not remember if I had SoundCheck ON before but now it doesn't make any difference. I installed iOS 5 over 4.3.1 or so and now sound is just more like noise compared to iOS 4, I have selected all presets or equalizations but ALL are poor, maybe some presets work better with some songs but still they are poor.... Songs did not have clarity!! The volume force was like degraded, now I have to set higher volume to produce same force than before with less volume... iOS 5 max volume (100%) is like iOS 4.2.1 85-90% of volume. Difference is that iOS 5 maximum volume starts slightly to distort or saturate audio quality... before with iOS 4 sound quality was Crystal Clear even with max volume!!! In short SOUND QUALITY is DEGRADED... or perhaps I'm a very critical and nonconformist guy in terms of audio quality... this kind of degradation is quite notorious when one loves music!! or is there some other configuration I'm missing here??
Totally agree with Richard!!
At first I thought it was a problem with my phone... I used to believe iOS 5 was engineered for new iPhone 4S hardware and since it is shipped with dual-core processor, I thought my phone was short in resources!!!
Why max volume is lower in intensity???
Why equalization with the EQ Off changed?? All my songs were stored on iTunes, they must have same sound quality properties as they were when first ripped..
I hope Apple enginneers did not sacrifice volume output force in favor of saving some battery, because normally we charge battery when listening music at home with our personal speakers equipment.
I would like to understand the reasons why the new "Music App" was "changed", and why these changes have to go backwards!! That is sad... because for iPhone or iPod lovers music was always important.
thanks

The mute box is checked and grayed out so that I cannot uncheck it. How do I get my sound back?

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does the sound work with headphones plugged in? Or no sound through the external speakers or headphones?

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