From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Job ter Burg (L2B)
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 3:13 PM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] what does Normalize do?
Faders. And I am not kidding. It's the first thing to do before you enter any kind of dynamic effect.
If the faders don't give you enough raise, you need to examine the source. Does it have low overall levels, with very low peaks? Then you could use the AudioSuite Gain effect, or the AudioSuite Gain effect. But if the source has low sections but some loud peaks, Normalize won't help much (say the highest peak is -3dBFS, it will only raise the level by 3dB), and Gain will cause distortions on the peaks (if the peaks are -3dB and you raise the clip by 6dB, you are clipping the peaks). In that case, you may need a compressor, although Avid's built in Compressor is not too great. Finding the right settings for a Compressor takes a bit of time, experience, and TLC.
If you don't want to think about it too much, you could use a brickwall limiter like Massey's L2007, the Waves L2 or the Nugen IS-L. They allow for limiting and gaining. Meaning that you can add an overall gain, with peaks not exceeding the set maximum. It will change the dynamics of the track or segment.
On 3 apr. 2014, at 23:10, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Just wondering what the best Audio sweet plug in to for low audio levels.
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