Setting the output volume on tracks

Audacity Help Forum GNU/Linux
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I am using 2.1.2 with Linux mint

I have 900 or so songs from different sources that play off of a USB stick in the car. The problem is some of them are really loud and some are very soft. I am constantly changing the volume on the radio. I have been editing them as best I can with the adjust it with the slider to the left of the track, I can also double click to set a value. The problem is that this value is reliant on the selected track and not the same on all tracks imported. I wish to be able to set all tracks imported to the same volume output. Is this possible.

Thank You in advance, Dan

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See ReplayGain plugin.

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OK thank you, just what I was looking for, but I spent an hour looking for the download and cannot find it. I found all the information on how to use it and how to download it but I cannot find the file to download. Maybe it is just too early in the morning and I only had one cup of Java. I found the page with all the Nyquist downloads and it was not there.

Dan

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It’s the link in giant letters (at the bottom of the post) that says “NEW VERSION” ReplayGain plug-in

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OK I found it but it will not let me copy it to the plug-in folder. I am logged in as normal with my password.

You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.

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Try the “per user” installation as described here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_effect_generator_and_analyzer_plug_ins_on_linux.html#nyquist_install

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OK I have it working now Thank You. I am hoping to find a way to put it on the bar so I do not have to go to the menu each time.

Thanks for taking the time to help

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You can’t do that, but you can create a keyboard shortcut. See: Shortcuts Preferences - Audacity Manual

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Thanks again

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It may be possible to automatically batch-process your songs using Audacity’s new “Macro” feature …

https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Macros

I’ve not tried that myself though.

Update: I just tried macro in Audacity 2.3.0 , it is possible to batch-process all the files in a folder/directory.
900 is going to take some time though, probably several days on one computer.