Volume Issues

[JDouble]

I'm having issues with maintaining the same volume with songs on my Note 3. Some are higher than the set volume and others are lower. I've set the Smart Volume but it doesn't work. SoundAlive and Adapt Sound have done nothing and I'm sick of having to change the volume for every song. Help!

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Are all the songs recorded/ripped at the same bitrate? Most people cannot tell the difference but some can. Unfortunately as the article I linked to says you can't put back information that wasn't recorded in the first place so if your problem is varying bitrates your SOL unless you re-rip your CDs.

 

[mikedt]

You got a load of MP3s from different sources, different CDs, downloads etc, maybe even vinyl, and at different rates, and when you're playing them together, say in shuffle, some are louder than others...it's annoying.

Three's something called normalizing, and the idea is that it matches the various MP3's differing volume levels together, to an overall constant volume level. I assume "Smart Volume" is a Samsung feature, and it sounds like it's not working as it should. Apple calls it "Sound Check", that iTunes, iPods and iOS have had for a long time, and I found it does work quite well.


My Oppo has something called MaxxVolume, which basically does the same thing, and that works OK as well for ensuring a consistent listening level, no matter the sources.