alex1122 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Does anyone know if the ITunes "Sound Enhancer" and "volume levelers" alter the files themselves or are added after the fact? In other words, if I ripped a CD with one or both of those boxes checked in ITunes, say to Apple Lossless, and i now wanted to get rid of them, could I or do i need to erase the file and start over? Also, if I now want to switch a file from Apple Lossless to AIFF, will the switch include these items? Hope that makes sense (OK- I'm still a bit hung over...). Thanks in advance for any help! Link to comment
alex1122 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Adding to the previous post: The volume leveler is called "Sound Check." I am HOPING that since these options appear on the "playback" option screen of ITunes, they are in fact not part of the ripped file. I dread the thought of ripping everything again. Link to comment
mpmct Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Don't know why Apple hasn't been more explicit about the Sound Enhancer. FWIW ... http://forums.dealmac.com/read.php?4,2611622 Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I think you're right on with your statement about the Playback tab. Sound Check says it adjust song playback volume, so my guess is this has nothing to do with the actual file. I will do some testing with my Alpha DAC tonight to test for bit perfect output after using some of these options and going back to none of them. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
alex1122 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Thanks man--you rock. One thing that I just noticed that concerns me is if I right click on a track in iTunes and hit "get info", on the bottom of the tab there's a line that says "volume" and different tracks have different adjustments such as "-10.8 dB" or another at "-1.5 dB" This scares me into thinking that its not gonna be able to be removed. As far as the "Sound Enhancer" I am seeing nothing on any tabs. I hope I'm wrong! Link to comment
mpmct Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 You can remove any of those settings, just as you can convert an Apple Lossless file back to its 'original', with a click. Nothing lost. Free lunch -- all the way. Thanks Steve. :-) Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Yep, this one is a free lunch. The settings are all applied to the song before playback. If you disable sound check you'll see the +-db go away and the file will playback bit perfect. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
alex1122 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks guys. But--I did uncheck soundcheck (and enhancer) and the -dB is still there. Am I doing something wrong? OR--could it be because I am running iTunes on a PC with Vista? (My new Macbook is being delivered tomorrow)? Link to comment
alex1122 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Gentlemen... After mucking around with this thing for a bit, I see that the effects indeed can be removed, as advised. I'm not sure what exactly the dB thing is all about (it stays the same and doesn't go away whether I click the sound check on or off), but clicking the effects on or off is sonically very noticeable (and not always bad actually)... A free lunch never tasted so good... Thanks mpmct & Chris again all for your help! Link to comment
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