MP3Gain - Audio Normalization App Reviews
It’s working
easy to handle - do not choose clipping function for normalizing.
Not user friendly at all
Horrible program songs can be easily added but changing the volume of mulitple songs at one time is still a mystery to me. Waste of money
not good
tried to put my songs in there to be changed and it kept crashing. Then would not convert the files after it analyzed it.
I cant even add any songs and it crashes. Thats literally as far as I can get. Should have just thrown money into the wind would have gotten the same outcome...
Disappointing
Unfortunately software is not working properly...
Hey, guys, have you tried the soft yourself before sell it? 1. It doen’t allow to set the correct level you may «minus» or «plus» the figure, but not to set 100 for example, it gives you 89 and you shoud add «11» to get 100, crazy. 2. First time added 35 files and used basic set up - got silence in the end. Added just 3 files it works, so i have to add 10 times? Come on guys, this is not proper work. 3. You cannot select all files from list and easily delete them. don’t buy!
sorry but the output volume no change…the 1.1.0 version is perfect
no works fix please the output volume, the volume song no change, the 1.1.0 is perfect
Doesn’t work.
Fixes the sound output, but that’s it. Unable to move or save the new file, which makes it useless. Very disappointed.
New version is TERRIBLE!
The old version was simple and worked great. Where is the add folders option or the recursive?
Simply Broken and does not work.
Wow. Really? Please fix this or I would like my time and money back.
I’ve used the old Windows open source version of MP3Gain for years. There’s a freeware Mac port, MP3Gain Express, that works well for MP3s, but doesn’t do M4A files. I’ve only run a few M4As through this so far, but they came out fine. MP3s with large gain reductions, however, didn’t fare so well. There are burst of garbled audio in the music. This program appears to be unaffiliated with the open source programs of the same name. I assume it’s a port without credit, which of course would violate the license terms. The support site is unmaintained. I did not try to contact the author. tl/dr, use it on M4As, not MP3s. That’s worth $3 to me.
This app is most appropriate for converting a small number of files at one time. An album at a time, to be exact. MP3 Gain does not have the capability of maintaining a typical iTunes generated hierarchy when choosing an output target: e.g. the target winds up being the album folder for each converted file. Therefore, to maintain the hierarchy that iTunes, and, a USB port recognizing car stereo might use, the files have to be converted one album at a time to maintain the proper drill down. Probably a 3 week task for my 16GB flash drive of music favorites for my car. Sorry I spent the $2.99.
Hype
Yet another program that doesn’t do what it promises. All I want to do is reduce the volume on an mp3 file, but not with this APP.
Poor user interface and no error reporting
I expected this to be similar to MP3Gain for Windows but the user interface is very sparse. The settings menu option is greyed out so I cannot change anything. Multiple files were not adjusted and showed an "!" instead of a green check, but there is no way to find out what the error was. Some of the files were recently purchased music & some were ripped from CDs. I emailed Seasoft tech support one of the files & they said there is nothing wrong with it. I haven't heard anything from them for several days. MP3Gain for Windows adjusted the same files with no errors. In its present state this app isn't worth buying.
Works, with bugs
App could not batch process more than 8-tracks at a time without crashing. Also, bitrate is different in resulting file, so resulting files are about twice the size as the orginals.
Doesnt work
continuously crashes "MP3 Gain - Audio Normalization quit unexpectedly.” Trying to adjust gain on 89 files Would like my money back
Useless
This app crashes and burns within minutes - don't waste your money!!!
Hands down BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!
Read carefully because I never rate an app. I have about 20K songs ripped from various CDs and downloaded over the years. Each at a different volume rate. MP3 Gain 4 is the simplest tool to normalize the output. It does what it says in the tin, no bells and whistles. It is simple to use, and the results are pretty good. What makes this app stand out from the rest is the customer service. I contacted them with some issues I had with my app (I'm not going to go into detail here) but, not only did they fix the problems, but they did it in lightning speed, and were very fast replying to my emails. These guys have a returning customer for life. Strongly recommended
Simple and effective
I record sermons at my church using a remote mic and a Zoom recorder. There are fans making a low humming sound in the background, so we record at a low volume to avoid picking up the hum. This app lets us quickly and easily increase the gain. It's so easy to use and does exactly what we need without having to launch a larger aplication and wade through the menus to get it done. Thank you!
So many flaws
I do not recommend purchasing this app. - The app description says the app “losslessly” adjusts audio files to “a" specified target volume. Not true. For some songs, quality loss is not very noticeable. But for some, I heard glitches during adjustments. - Also, based on the description, I thought I would have the option to set a volume and have the app do all the work: make the volumes consistent for multiple songs. Like Sound Check in itunes. Wrong. One must change each individual song volume manually. - It’s also difficult to preview songs. There is no way to fast forward or rewind the songs while previewing. - After you apply volume changes, the original audio files are altered. You have no option to save as separate copies. It’s only 2.99, but I would save this money and buy a better app.
Needs a lot of work!
Just not usable in its current condition and I wish I hadn’t wasted any money buying it. Needs the ability, as other MP3Gain programs do, to choose a specific volume setting and apply it easily to all files. At this point, MP3Gain Express is much better and more usable for the Mac.
not for large batching conversions
This app is most appropriate for converting a small number of files at one time. An album at a time, to be exact. MP3 Gain does not have the capability of maintaining a typical iTunes generated hierarchy when choosing an output target: e.g. the target winds up being the album folder for each converted file. Therefore, to maintain the hierarchy that iTunes, and, a USB port recognizing car stereo might use, the files have to be converted one album at a time to maintain the proper drill down. Probably a 3 week task for my 16GB flash drive of music favorites for my car. Sorry I spent the $2.99.
Works on M4As, unlike the open source. Not so much on MP3s.
I’ve used the old Windows open source version of MP3Gain for years. There’s a freeware Mac port, MP3Gain Express, that works well for MP3s, but doesn’t do M4A files. I’ve only run a few M4As through this so far, but they came out fine. MP3s with large gain reductions, however, didn’t fare so well. There are burst of garbled audio in the music. This program appears to be unaffiliated with the open source programs of the same name. I assume it’s a port without credit, which of course would violate the license terms. The support site is unmaintained. I did not try to contact the author. tl/dr, use it on M4As, not MP3s. That’s worth $3 to me.
Simply Broken and does not work.
Wow. Really? Please fix this or I would like my time and money back.
Doesn’t work.
Fixes the sound output, but that’s it. Unable to move or save the new file, which makes it useless. Very disappointed.
Robbed
doesn’t work. Robbed