When I skip the time of the track the volume turns down for a second, then it comes back at normal.

[victobe]

• Plan

Premium

Country

Brazil

Device

Samsung Galaxy A71

Operating System

Android 13, One UI 5.1

My Question or Issue

This might be a feature, but since it bothers me, I'd like to report it here.

When I skip the time of a song (like to 0m54s - 2m17s), the volume gets low for a millisecond but then smoothly but rapidly returns to it's original volume. When I tried to record the issue and saw the video. The audio behaved normally, so I can't add an attachment of the troubleshooting happening

Note: I'm using a headphone and an equalizer (PowerAMP)

[MrBrown666]

Same thing happening for me. Volume is lowering for about 1.5s whenever skipping time or tracks, not when pausing/resuming. It's not a fade-in/out, but a sudden jump in volume. It started a few days ago and so far only the mobile app is affected, desktop is fine. Feels like an intentional "feature", but it's pissing me off since it's ruining the first few seconds of many songs and there is no option to disable it.

[Vasil]

Hey @victobe & @MrBrown666,

Thanks for reaching out!

We tried reproducing the described issue on our end but all songs start with the intended volume. The volume level is also retained when we move the seek bar and skip a part of the songs. 

Firstly, I'd like to mention the Crossfade setting (Settings -> Playback), as folks experiencing this type of issue at the beginning/end of songs may have set it up. It can be easily toggled off so that we can rule it out as the perpetrator.

Once this is done, I'd check the Volume normalization setting. See if enabling/ disabling it would make a difference.
In case the issue persists, my next suspect would be the most common issue for such jumps in volume, namely the Equalizer setting (again under Playback). It can alter volume unexpectedly on some devices so disabling it may fix things for you.

With these out of the way, in case the issue still persists, we'd like to know if it happens only with specific headphones and additional equalizers as noted by @victobe. If this is so, try using only the headphones/ speakers without an equalizer and vice-versa to see if that would make a difference.

Many thanks! We'll be on the lookout for your replies 🙌🏼

[MrBrown666 · Accepted solution]

Hey everyone,

After a lot of testing, I think I found the issue. It was Poweramp Equalizer all along.
It only affected Spotify, since that was the only player I had configured in Poweramp EQ. So all other players never had the fade in, and it looked like it was an issue with the Spotify app.

Change this setting in Poweramp and the issue should be solved:
Settings->Equalizer->Known Players->open Spotify settings->deactivate "Fade"

(turn this off)

[MEGAFOOL]

Anyone else noticed there's a .5 second volume pad when seeking through a track now? This is totally useless and annoying 

[Jeanbert61]

Useless sure ! Whereas crossfade when skipping track would be rather
helpfull.

[MEGAFOOL]

Yep

[Raven-Silky]

I noticed that in recent Spotify versions when I seek a song the volume decreases for a second and auto stabilizes after that. It's only happens in August to October apks, I then downgraded to spotify-8-9-52-552.apk the issue is fixed. What's happened to new Android Spotify version? Please fix it, thanks. 

[Lexip]

Edit: My post was merged into this one. I've fixed the problem with the Poweramp settings.

Device

Google Pixel 9 Pro

Operating System

Android 15

Context: Spotify lowers the payback volume for a second when selecting a new song, when fast forward or rewinding or when skipping a playing song. This is not a problem, although I find it more annoying than helpful.

Problem: But there seem to be issues with the implementation when it comes to transitions between songs. With every normal song change - so when I reach the end of the playing song - Spotify also briefly lowers the volume at the beginning of the next song thus ruining the transition or producing an artificial gap when there is no transition.

This happens with both crossfade enabled and disabled. Gapless playback and Automix are enabled.

Reproduce: The best way to reproduce this is to take a playlist that has native transitions between the songs like an album with transitions or a live set. Just listen to it with crossfade disabled and listen to the transitions. The album I've used is: https://open.spotify.com/album/0mvD9eqmYwZz0OZHJwOVjp?si=GqnJR_ZUQT6TDSltHwLfuA

PS: It drives me crazy. 🙂

[Jeanbert61]

Thanks a lot Vasil for this clear explanation. 
I take this reply opportunity to ask you if you know the progress of the Crossfade function when skipping track (in the middle for exemple) resolution ?  Seems so simple to fix the issue of this missing option but no sign from Spotify for many years to all the users waiting for. Thanks for your response to the community and have fun for this end of year. Happy end of year and happy new coming one 🌲⛄️🎉

[Petrosilia]

Plan

Free

Device

Redmi Note 11

My Question or Issue

Sometimes when I press play and oftentimes when I seek in a song Spotify will play an abrupt noise that is way louder than the volumne I set, probably as loud as the phone gets. This is already unpleasant when the speakers are at normal viewing distance. If they happened to be closer to an ear or a more powerful device was connected this could lead to hearing loss.