topic Re: Volume decrease at start of songs in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

Volume decrease at start of songs

JeremyLaurenson — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 18:09:30 GMT

On my iPhone 5 (ios7) I notice on some tracks I get an initial high volume level and then after half a second to a second the volume drops .

I'm not sure if this is an iOS general thing or just 7, but its very annoying.

Anyone heard this?

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

MichaelJerzak — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:19:02 GMT

are these Local files or from Spotify itself?

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

MatScratchFever — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:39:00 GMT

I have the same issue. This is not from local files.

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Peter__ — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:53:26 GMT

@MatScratchFever wrote:

I have the same issue. This is not from local files.

On what device @MatScratchFever ?

Peter

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

MatScratchFever — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:56:47 GMT

iPhone 4S, ios 7

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Peter__ — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 23:38:08 GMT

Is crossfade active in Settings > Playback?

Peter

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

MatScratchFever — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:06:53 GMT

No crossfade

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

BigBass — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 01:28:35 GMT

I have the same issue. Volume drops after a second or two of playing. iOS 7. It's definately a LOCAL file thing. I played an entire album where half of the songs were local and the other half werent, and the volume changed at the beginning of all the local songs, and none of the streaming songs. But it's not every local file. I found several local files that the sound is good on. There is no pattern to those local files that work or don't work, they vary as far as bit rate, vbr vs. cbr, codec, etc. I looked at 15 files that were working and 15 that weren't. I also tried unchecking the "set the same volume.. " option on my computer and re-synced everything to my phone.

Any help woud be appreciated. This is really frustrating and creates a really bad experience. Over half of my songs are local so this is a big problem for me.

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Claymore06 — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:09:44 GMT

I'm having the same problem with my Android device. Just started a few days ago. Every single song on my device starts out at a high volume them immediately drops a second after it begins. No crossfade either and not sure if they're local files or not, but I listen to the same play list for the most part, and that's never been a problem before.

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Peter__ — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:02:20 GMT

@Claymore06 - Do you have any EQs or audio effects turned on?

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

psychrophile — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:04:16 GMT

I just fixed this for mine, turn off 'Sound Check' in the native iPhone Settings > Music

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

MatScratchFever — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:26:10 GMT

^ This solution worked for me. Thank you soooo much pyschrophile!

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

emil-gustavsson — Thu, 01 May 2014 11:53:20 GMT

Thank you soooo much! 😄

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

DiggerNick — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 05:03:17 GMT

For android just turn off the equalizer in Spotify's settings menu

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Himself — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:19:48 GMT

I have this problem and all the iOS settings are off, no equalisation or limiting.

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Rissa101 — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:57:25 GMT

This is so frustrating. .as in my car the Bass is too high so have to turn volume down

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Rissa101 — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:00:51 GMT

Thankyouu

Re: Volume decrease at start of songs

Syenz — Wed, 04 May 2016 17:47:09 GMT

I have this exact same issue on Android and while i understand that turning equalizer off will solve it, i don't want to because i'd like to keep my sound effects, isn't there another solution?

Thanks.