I was about to chime in with what I've been using to normalize digital audio files ... and then I read this: >>>>> "pc" == Peter Clark <pc451 at yahoo.com> writes: pc> Well, I found a bit of a round-about way: you can convert your pc> MP3s to WAVs, run the "normalize" program pc> (http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~cvaill/normalize/), and then convert pc> them back into MP3s. Ah! I've been looking for something less GUI-intensive and more Linux/UNIX friendly. I've been using Cool Edit 96 under Windows for normalizing audio. (I even paid up for the "full version. It was dirt cheap, and well worth the money.) It works quite well, but, well, it's a point-and-click interface under Windows. -Scott --- Scott Lystig Fritchie Professional Governing: Is It Faked?