Stop "Determining Audio Volume"

iTunes 11.0.1.12
Windows 8, 64-bit
I'm suffering from continual Determining Audio Volume. I figured if I left it running all night, Iit would complete. But it's only at 1,049 of 49,000+ files. At this rate, it would take months to complete! this is insane.
And this is happening after "Soundcheck" was unchecked in Edit > Preferences > Playback.

I had the same problem, but I think I've found a cure.
Even though Sound Check was disabled in preferences, iTunes would insist on Determining Audio Volume everytime it was launched. But there is also a 'Sound Check' preference in the Burn CD dialogue.
To turn it off you need to select a playlist, hit the Burn Disc button (bottom left) select Audio CD as the disc format and un-check 'Use Sound check'
Then you must hit the 'Burn' button (if you don't it will not remember the new settings) You can then cancel the burn by clicking the X in the itunes player window.
This has cured the problem for me

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    Additional Information 1: fd00
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