A burning (sound) question

[tahiradancer]

I have scanned the forum and haven;t seen an answer to this, so let's see what happens. . .

Last night I had a gig at an Indian Restaurant. It was a blast, but there seemed to be a problem with the sound. I was using a burned disc with sogs from several different CD's and each song payed at a different level of volume. Which was weird. I tested the CD using my Walkman (and through the stereo system in my car) and didn't notice this variation, but I may have been delusional.

Anyway, does anyone know how, when I am burning the disc, that I can make the sound levels more consistent?

(BTW - the audience was very understanding.)

Thanks!

{{{HUGS}}}

[nasila]

when I burn there is an option to "normalize" all audio files before it starts the burn process. I kind of assumed that this did what you are asking about, but I haven't actually tested it.

do you have a music editor also? if your burning software doesn't have any option for this, you can probably adjust each song in an editor.

[Rosette]

iTunes has something you can select when you burn playlists to disk to equalize song volume. I have actually tried burning the same 2 songs which had different volume levels with and without it, and it definitely made a difference. I can't look at it now (wrong place, wrong computer), but I think it's called "sound check?" "Use sound check?" Maybe someone else here can either confirm that or straighten me out on what it's called.
Rosette

[tahiradancer]

Thanks! I'll remember this for the next time i have to burn my own CD's. It was just weird because this was the first time i had this happen.

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[anala]

Anybody know how to add an applause pause after each song in an ITunes playlist? I dont burn a CD -I use it straight from computer to speakers. My dancers are running over each other getting on and off the floor in time.

[ssipes]

Anybody know how to add an applause pause after each song in an ITunes playlist? I dont burn a CD -I use it straight from computer to speakers. My dancers are running over each other getting on and off the floor in time.

I don't know of a way to make iTunes do this, but you could create some empty tracks of 5 seconds (or whatever you need) in a music editor, and then put these between each song. You'd only need to make one file for each gap length you need.

[kiyaana]

I don't use iTunes, but I do have a few tracks such as "10 sec silence" that I can add to a playlist for various purposes. Can you create such a track with a music editor and then add it to iTunes?

Anybody know how to add an applause pause after each song in an ITunes playlist? I dont burn a CD -I use it straight from computer to speakers. My dancers are running over each other getting on and off the floor in time.

[kiyaana]

..l;, We posted pretty much the same thing.

I don't know of a way to make iTunes do this, but you could create some empty tracks of 5 seconds (or whatever you need) in a music editor, and then put these between each song. You'd only need to make one file for each gap length you need.

[anala]

I did that..but I am sick of it asking me "you sure you want to add a duplicate???? " 18 times as I compile my set list! Low tolerance for appliance nagging...

[tahiradancer]

Hey!

Just FYI: I used sound check and it worked brilliantly! Thanks!

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[jetgirl]

When you hit "burn disk", the pop up window has a preference for "gap between songs". You can add in up to 5 seconds between each song.