A method using a digital signal processor comprising: determining one or more audio characteristics of each of multiple audio files, each of the multiple audio files comprising a plurality of audio signals, wherein the one or more audio characteristics are a determined objective value of a resulting hearing perception of basic qualities of sound, wherein determining the one or more audio characteristics comprises analyzing the multiple audio files themselves without requiring an audible playing of the multiple audio files and determining at least one of loudness, location, spatial audio effects, reverberation time, early decay time or dynamic range of each of the multiple audio files, wherein different types of audio characteristics are determined for different types of executable applications; associating the one or more audio characteristics with the respective multiple audio files by causing the one or more audio characteristics to be stored as data within or associated with the multiple audio files; causing a visual representation of each of the multiple audio files to be presented for selection; and providing multiple visual elements, representative of at least one of the one or more audio characteristics of the respective multiple audio files, to be displayed based on the determined one or more audio characteristics with presentation of the visual representation of the multiple audio files, wherein causing the visual representation of the multiple audio files to be presented comprises causing visual representations of multiple audio files to be presented, for selection, in a list associated with an application, and wherein providing at least one visual element representative of at least one of the one or more audio characteristics of the respective multiple audio files to be displayed comprises concurrently providing, for each visual representation of an audio file in the list, the at least one visual element representative of the at least one of the one or more audio characteristics of the respective audio files, wherein the visual element is adaptive and based on the application, wherein the list is ordered based upon the determined one or more audio characteristics that are dependent upon the type of application, the list having an ascending or descending order based upon an audio characteristic that may be expressed numerically, the method further comprising identifying an audio characteristic associated with the selected audio file as an audio characteristic that is desired by the user and, thereafter, in an instance in which a different audio file is to be played adjusting the audio volume or other audio setting of a computing device that will play the different audio file in order to be the same or within a predefined range of the audio characteristic of the selected audio file. determining one or more audio characteristics of each of multiple audio files, each of the multiple audio files comprising a plurality of audio signals, wherein the one or more audio characteristics are a determined objective value of a resulting hearing perception of basic qualities of sound, wherein determining the one or more audio characteristics comprises analyzing the multiple audio files themselves without requiring an audible playing of the multiple audio files and determining at least one of loudness, location, spatial audio effects, reverberation time, early decay time or dynamic range of each of the multiple audio files, wherein different types of audio characteristics are determined for different types of executable applications; associating the one or more audio characteristics with the respective multiple audio files by causing the one or more audio characteristics to be stored as data within or associated with the multiple audio files; causing a visual representation of each of the multiple audio files to be presented for selection; and providing multiple visual elements, representative of at least one of the one or more audio characteristics of the respective multiple audio files, to be displayed based on the determined one or more audio characteristics with presentation of the visual representation of the multiple audio files,