Volume Compressor or Limiter for Windows

Question

I listen to music on Last.fm on my computer but the volumes of the songs are all over the place when they stream. Sometimes you get a soft track, other times you get a really loud one that makes your ears bleed.

How can I normalize the volume in real-time on a Windows XP computer so this doesn't happen?

Solution

This DirectShow filter might help, depending on whether Flash uses DirectSound: http://codecpack.co/download/ReClock_DirectShow_Filter.html

If it doesn't, then I'm not sure what else to suggest, unless your driver software has support for dynamic range compression - it might be worth identifying the sound chip and downloading the requisite suite of software from the vendor, sometimes they will have an option for loudness equalisation in their bundled software.

One thing to note though is in Windows 7 at least, loudness compensation is built into the operating system.

Comments

[Fabian]

Have you considered upgrading your Windows or using a different PC? Accessing the Internet with Windows XP is rather dangerous nowadays in my opinion ...

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