Reply to Autogain feature - it sorta works (?)

Hi All,

I'm a new DJ.

I have the autogain feature on in Traktor and most of the time it seems to do a great job. From what I understand it analyzes the music ahead of time and then makes a decision on how much more volume/gain to give a track... is that correct.

As I say - most of the time it works great - but there are a few times when I crossfade between two tracks and it seems to fall flat. Often it's from something like a modern day hip hop / pop track and something from another era - like an 80s pop song or something from the 70s.

Is this mainly because of mastering levels at these respective times in history?

It's a downer when I have a really great modern day set going and then I drop a gem from another era - and its PERFECT musically, but in terms of gain, it's lower.

Why not control it manually? Well - because of how loud the club and music are, I am wearing headphones that I do not take off and I also have earplugs in! - I am trying to conserve my hearing in a 3 hour set. Taking the phones and plugs in and out every couple of songs is something I want to avoid.

That being said.

If the autogain works on transients - what I tend to see in the waveforms is that the transients might be at max on the older songs, but it's everything in between the transients that is not so loud. This is a result of compression?

Are there any solutions / plugins / effects in Traktor or other settings I can tweak to improve this?

Thanks!!!
Fores