How to get LP rips up to same volume as CD rips?

[billw58]

@Woodtroll

Thank you very much for the reply, Bill. I am more interested in clarity than volume, but would like everything in my files to be at the same approximate volume level so that when I load it onto my flash drive, I can listen to my music on my truck stereo without having to constantly adjust the volume. Is there a better way to accomplish this?

The Compressor effect in Audacity 2.0 will help, as I said, and you’ll need to experiment with settings to get the sound you want.

I routinely use Steve’s Limiter effect Limiter to get an extra 3 - 6 dB of loudness from some of my vinyl rips.

Steve has also written an effect that implements the ReplayGain algorithm, which you can use to equalize the loudness of songs. ReplayGain plug-in

In both cases be sure to read through the whole thread to make sure you get the latest version of the effect, and learn how to use it (especially the ReplayGain effect).

– Bill