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   The Levelator 2.1.2 Works in El Capitan

   Adam C. Engst

   A few months ago I wrote about how to make an audio tool called [1]The
   Levelator work in OS X 10.11 El Capitan (see '[2]How to Revive The
   Levelator in El Capitan,' 29 September 2015). Despite not having been
   updated since 2012, The Levelator has remained popular with podcasters
   because it's a free app that ensures audio files use a consistent
   loudness, something that's often hard to achieve with group podcasts
   and between episodes.

   The fix was conceptually simple, if a little fussy to achieve,
   revolving around moving a file from within The Levelator's application
   package to another spot within OS X's Unix directory structure so it
   could be found.

   Happily, the necessary changes were sufficiently minor that The
   Levelator's developer, Bruce Sharpe, reopened the app's code long
   enough to address the problem with the necessary file not being found.
   The Conversations Network has now released version 2.1.2 of The
   Levelator ([3]a 19.8 MB download), which works without modification in
   El Capitan. There are no other changes.

   This doesn't meant that The Levelator will receive future updates,
   however. Doug Kaye, Executive Director of The Conversations Network,
   told me that they have no further plans for The Levelator, adding, 'We
   consider it a finished tool that does what it does well. We're glad to
   see it used successfully by so may people and glad we were able to
   release this fix.'

   Kudos to Bruce and Doug for ensuring that The Levelator can continue to
   serve the needs of podcasters and others who need to ensure that spoken
   audio has a consistent volume (some iTunes U courses could use it).

References

   1. http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator
   2. http://tidbits.com/article/15966
   3. http://cdn.conversationsnetwork.org/Levelator-2.1.2.dmg

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