Audacity Forum

Ok, I think I understand it a bit better now

Thx for the replies. I tried the compressors but it makes it sound more hollow and not any louder. Maybe I've just got the wrong idea about how digital music works. Is it that the song just contains relative volumes (and no actual loudness) and that the soundcard or HIFI-system determines how loud i...

Ok, thx I'll try that.

Alright, but how do I make the song louder without clipping?

I've tried to find answers to this but I always run into a dead end. I would like to amplify the volume in songs using audacity but when I amplify, the maximum is negative! I understand this is to prevent clipping but I don't understand why the field can't just be expanded. When I import a song, it'...