Here is the solution I have come up with: All fine for your purposes. I choose not to use FLAC because I am currently using Apple products, but even if I change later to Pono or another player, the Apple formats will be supported now that they are public, while Apple will likely never support FLAC. Now that they are public, there is no reason not to use these formats which are superior to mp3. My reason for originally using mp3's was because AAC and ALAC were proprietary. I am using 320 kbps AAC because I am completely unable to tell any difference between these files and the CD originals (and I have some pretty decent audio equipment and headphones). I am using the same r128 volume normalization.įor my ALAC files, I am just using music converter (or batch comverter) to convert them using r128 volume normalization to ALAC files and then replacing the originals with the converted files. Here is the solution I have come up with:įor all my mp3 files, I am re-ripping these CD's to 320 kbps AAC with r128 volume normalization using DSP Effects 11 beta so that they are set to -18 lufs instead of -23.įor all my AAC files I am also re-ripping these CD's to 320 kbps because I had previously ripped them to 256. I want my files to play with volume normalized regardless of the player I use. My goal is to actually alter the files, not add tags to them. This is going to be a lot of work, so I'd like to just do it once. Which should I use and what is the process and will it work on all my file types. After doing that, how do I use a dbpoweramp dsp or converter to adjust the playback volume on all these different file types with, and which one and with what settings and what is the process? I also have seen something about R128 vs Replay Gain. What is the best practice for adjusting the actual playback level of all my files? iVolume will allow me to delete all the soundcheck settings in the tag for each file. I would like to change the actual volume level of all my files (mp3, aac and alac) so they will be consistent levels instead of using soundcheck so I can move to a non-apple music player (maybe a Pono). I currently have registered versions of dbpoweramp v15 and perfecttunes 1.5. I have used a program called ivolume ( ) to analyze all my files for using the soundcheck option in itunes and on my ipod. I currently have been using itunes and an ipod classic for playback. I have used registered dbpoweramp to rip all of them over the years. I have about 12,000 tracks, some are mp3, some are 256 - 320 kbs AAC, and some are ALAC.
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