Sound Check - Existing Music

If I didn't have the sound check marked in iTunes and on my iPod, will the software in iTunes automatically adjust the volume on all songs I've loaded prior to enabling sound check?
If the software doesn't, is there a way to do that go back and "fix" all the music I've uploaded?

I find that sound check produces a pretty good even volume for playback in iTunes and the iPod for all of my songs regardless of what my setting were when I imported them. Some songs, especially those that have a mix of loud and quiet parts, are exceptions, and I haven't found a way to fix that while also using sound check. Also, starting with iTunes version 6.0.2, sound check no longer works well for burning CDs.

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    Nothing more you can do.

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  • Sounds In My Music

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  • Sound Check Alternatives?

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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/

  • 1. I have an iPod which has purchases synced with I tunes with an apple ID. I now have an iPad with a new ID for cloud. I have cloud storage capacity of 5gb which came with the iPad. How can I use one ID and store my existing music in cloud?

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    I had my itunes account on my laptop which has since crashed.   I had to buy a new computer and iinstall the new version of itunes.  It did not pull up any of my information with music library, etc.  Does anyone know how to transfer existing music from my itunes account for my ipod to my iphone?
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    Some of the information below has subsequently appeared in a document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
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    - Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
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    Get Your Music Off of Your iPod - http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Get_Your_Music_Off_of_Your_iPod - I am not sure but this may only work with some models and not newer Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
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  • Sound Check doesn't work for some podcasts?

    Apologies for cross-posting, but this didn't get any replies in the Using iTunes section.
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  • HT201724 how do i activate sound check in iTunes / on my iphone 5?

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  • My sound works for music but not apps

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  • Is iTunes "Sound Check" better than five years ago?

    I got into iTunes (briefly) about five years ago.  I got all excited about mixed playlists and what-all ... but I burned out quickly because the Sound Check feature that would regulate the volumes from different CDs was mostly worthless.  Most songs averaged out, but that one track in ten would still sneak in there, too loud or too soft, and ruin the listening vibe in the house.
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  • IOS 5 Sound Quality and Sound Check issues

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