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Pastimes : Audio/Video Gearhead Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Chiu who wrote (36)	1/24/2009 1:36:03 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 172

Thanks Paul. I hadn't seen that program from Adobe. After posting, I mucked around on Google looking to see if anyone had posted a solution and found AudioLeak, which purported to host a solution. I downloaded it only to be disappointed. The software is primarily for graphing volume levels for engineers to standardize multi source feeds into a common normalized output. It would be to inefficient for me. I have a modest sized library of around 3500 music tracks. Some albums (10 to 20 tracks) are playing too soft. Others are playing too loud. I don't plan on normalizing the entire library, but will simply target the worst offenders. For instance, the Canadian group Bare Naked Ladies' album, All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001, which consists of 19 tracks, can't be put in any playlist with other music because it blasts you out of the room when it comes on. Another example: Rickie Lee Jones' album by the same name is recorded just a little soft and is such great music it has me reaching for the volume control when it comes up in random play, only to be blasted out again by the following random tune. I think I may have found a perfect solution, though. As I said before, I have Sound Studio (Felt Tip Software), but it didn't save in mp3 or AAC formats. It did work with AIFF, so it's possible to use it to do the trick. It was just going to be tedious and time consuming. However, I discovered that there is a newer version. Felt Tip Software now sells its software through Freeverse. felttip.com The latest incarnation appears to have all the features I'm looking for for $79.99. Take advantage of your Mac’s built-in audio capabilities. Record and edit digital audio in 32-bit floating point accuracy, at any sample rate (hardware permitting). Layer sounds with multiple tracks. Apply any of 24 built-in effects filters Use any Core Audio plug-in Audio Unit effect. Open and save in MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, and other popular file formats. (Saving in MP3 requires a free external framework.) Create podcasts with chapter markers in AAC format. Edit iTunes song metadata and ID3 tags. Connects to any standard USB audio device or other Core Audio device. Batch process files using Automator or AppleScript.