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[mild7]

I have about 20 songs (all given to me by the bands who recorded them, if you are wondering). I would like to make them a uniform volume and 'pump them up' as much as possible. I have a couple of ideas about how to do this (and I'm pretty far along with one method) but I know there must be a better way. I would be interested in any suggestions and advice from you knowledgeable people in this forum.

Ideally, the cheaper the software the better, but I am also interested in what you think would do the best job given that I am something of a novice and will have the manual open in front of me. That is, if it's more expensive but much easier to use . . .

Thank you.

[Synthetic]

here is what I do to master my tracks. I work in ProTools so after I bounce out the tracks from original session, I pull the tracks into a template session I made called 'Mastering' and it has about 3 different plugs already setup up that I use for my tracks. I use the EQ, ChannelStrip, and a compression RTAS plug. I use the automation in PT to get each section of the track sounding the way I want then I bounce to disk. Then the final step I take is to run it through the T-Racks 24 app and apply some kinda preset such as tube warmth or a little more compression and then bounce that out as my final mix. I like using T-Racks last because it helps knock of the digital harshness and can make a track a little more analog sounding or saturated as if recorded on tape (well close to that kind of sound anyhow).

There are many ways to go about it. just depends on the software you can buy or have and how much time do you want to consume doing it.