The Levelator and MacOS: A Relationship Healed

David H. Lawrence XVII September 12, 2018
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Hey, there!

A while back, I let you know that if you use a Macintosh, and if you happen to upgrade to El Capitan, High Sierra, Mojave or above from Yosemite or below, The Levelator will simply stop working.

I have an update: the original programmer of The Levelator heard your cries…and fixed things.

Bruce Sharpe, the original developer of The Levelator, has created a version, 2.1.2, to address the installation issues in El Capitan.

You can get the newly updated version at http://vo2gogo.com/get-levelator (as always, I keep that link safe and up to date.)

(The changes made in El Capitan and above from what was in Yosemite and below are major. And don’t worry, Windows users, this isn’t for you.)

Backstory: One of the pieces of software we love is called The Levelator. This is the software that was originally created to level out the volumes of both sides of a recorded podcast conversation, but happens to perfectly produce files that ACX wants for audiobooks.

The Levelator is over a decade old, and development stopped on it in 2007. And for a few months, Mac users who updated their OS to El Capitan had issues with The Levelator working properly.

No more. As noted, Bruce has made it compatible with El Capitan.

Thank you, Bruce!

Again, if you have El Capitan, you can get the newly updated version at http://vo2gogo.com/get-levelator

Hope this helps.

David

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  1. Chet Hanson December 1, 2015

    Thank you for the timely update, however the update 2.1.2 is not listed on the Levelator website you gave us.

    Thank you for looking out for us.

    1. David H. Lawrence XVII December 1, 2015

      It’s there, but it may be hard to find. Half way down the page, under the OS X sub heading, there’s a line that reads:

      “• Download The Levelator® for OS X (version 2.1.2)”

  3. Brad December 2, 2015

    Thanks, David! That’s great news. I’ve been holding off on updating to El Capitan, largely for this reason!

  6. Paula Leinweber September 12, 2018

    Thanks David. Question for you… My Macbook is using Sierra OS and I haven’t had a problem with the old Levelator so far. Would it still be wise for me to update the Levelator? Should I update the OS to High Sierra? (As you can tell, I am not very tech savvy.)