WebHelp:Volume Leveling/5.0

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Volume Leveling allows Files to be played back in MediaMonkey at a consistent volume level, so that you don't have to manually adjust the volume of the Player to compensate for some Files being recorded at higher/lower volumes than others. Leveling playback volume is generally accomplished by either:

1. Leveling the playback volume of a file as it plays in MediaMonkey based on a (Replay Gain) volume leveling coefficient that has been previously calculated. Note that distinct coefficients are used for per File, and Per Album, so that Playback can be set to occur at a steady volume per Track, or per Album (to preserve the intended volume fluctuations between Files on an album).
2. Leveling the file volume of the source file so that it plays back at level volume on any player. This permanently modifies the file and can be accomplished losslessly (for MP3 files only) or lossily (for all files).

For more information on these approaches, see: Basic Concepts: Volume Leveling

Leveling Playback Volume

1. Select all of your Files and click Tools > Analyze Volume from the Main Menu. This will take some time as each File will be individually analyzed and (per Track and per Album) volume adjustment coefficients will be calculated for each File/Album (displayed as a deviation from the 'Target volume for playback'). Note that per Album coefficients are only calculated when all files on an album are selected to be analyzed. You can change the default settings via Tools > Options > Volume Leveling.
   Note: If you have MediaMonkey Gold, the volume leveling options allows you to automate volume analysis so that it occurs in the background by enabling Automatically analyze volume of unanalyzed files. This can be done for Audio, Video, or both Audio and Video files.
2. Use Play > Level Volume from the Main Menu. This will cause the Player to adjust the volume level using the 'per Track'/'per Album' coefficient depending on configuration (for 'per Album' leveling, Track Volume is used if Album Volume is unknown).

Leveling Track Volume

To losslessly level the volume of MP3 Files already in the library:

1. Configure the Target volume level for leveling tracks to the desired volume under Tools > Options > Volume Leveling from the Main Menu.
2. Select all of the Files you wish to level and click Tools > Level Track Volume. This will take some time as each file will be individually analyzed, and the volume will then be adjusted so that the file(s) can play back leveled on any player.

To level the volume of files when [WebHelp:Ripping_Tracks_from_CDs/5.0|Ripping a CD]] , or converting between audio formats (note that this is a lossy operation--the newly created files will not be exact replicas):

1. Configure the Target volume level for ripping Audio CDs and Target volume level for leveling tracks to the desired volume via Tools > Options > Volume Leveling.
2. Enable the Level volume checkbox in the [WebHelp:Ripping_Tracks_from_CDs/5.0|Rip]] dialog.

Related Information: Playing Audio Tracks

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