Re: Normalize

2013-08-12 Thread Dave Scrimenti
Normalizing is a way to increase the level without compressing the dynamic range. - Original Message - From: Dean Masters dwmaster...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:52 PM Subject: Normalize In MP3DirectCut I have seen normalize in one of

RE: Normalize

2013-08-12 Thread Kevin Minor
I understood normalization of files would keep the lowest volume of a track the same relative to the highest (loudest) part of the track, so, if you normalize to 100%, the loudest part of the track would be at 100 %, whereas if a part of a file was 20 DB softer, it still would be 20 DB softer

Leveling Volume in a file

2013-08-12 Thread Dean Masters
What would be the best way to level the volume in a song? The reason I want to do so is because I have an accompaniment track for a solo I am singing this Sunday at church but their sound system is not the best and the song starts out soft then the electric guitars kick in. The sound guy would

Re: Leveling Volume in a file

2013-08-12 Thread Dave Scrimenti
The best way is to use a compressor. The easiest way is to just have the sound guy make the adjustment manually during the performance. As long as there aren't a lot of changes in the song, this should work fine. - Original Message - From: Dean Masters dwmaster...@gmail.com To: PC

Re: Leveling Volume in a file

2013-08-12 Thread Barry Chapman
If you have Sound Forge, you could use Wave Hammer. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Dean Masters dwmaster...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:13 PM Subject: Leveling Volume in a file What would be the best way to level the

Re: Leveling Volume in a file

2013-08-12 Thread Dean Masters
I don't have that program. I have Audacity that has a compressor. Dean -Original Message- From: Barry Chapman Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:02 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Leveling Volume in a file If you have Sound Forge, you could use Wave Hammer. Regards, Barry