Reasons I Sometimes Use Volume Boost in My Podcast Player App

When you’re listening to podcasts in your podcast app — fyi, I use Podcast Addict — the main reason to turn on “Volume Boost” or the equivalent feature in whatever app you use is because you have the volume cranked all the way up and it’s still not loud enough for you.

Personally, I turn on “Volume Boost” in Podcast Addict in three different scenarios:

1. When the podcast episode I’m listening to was published at a low level and even with my volume cranked all the way it’s still not loud enough (as referenced above) (note: I rarely need to do this)
2. When one or more participants has been mixed at a significantly lower level than other participants
3. When one or more participants’ volume is extremely dynamic (constantly alternating between very loud and very soft)

For scenarios 2 and 3, I find that turning on “Volume Boost” actually limits and/or compresses the episode audio, which seems to even out the volume levels of the various participants because the loud participants/sections are reduced in volume (via limiting/compression) and the lower volume participants/sections are raised up in volume relatively speaking.

I don’t know for sure exactly what the “Volume Boost” in Podcast Addict is doing, but it sure sounds like limiting/compressing to me. And it comes in handy quite a bit.

When do you use “Volume Boost” or the equivalent feature in whatever app you use?

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