Normalize Audio

Frankc1

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Apr 09, 2014 11:06

Ok done a search http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/29933.page#163871 and this is the nearest I have come to an answer to my question. My question/s is this...

I have strung together 14 video clips to make one long clip. Each original clip has an audio track with it and each track in each clip has a different volume level. So on one clip you had to turn up the volume and the next you have to turn it down. So my question is this..

On the one long clip I made if I go into the 'Audio Mixing room' with the one long clip. Click on 'Normalize' what happens to the long clip? Does it level it out to the lowest volume on the track? What happens with the fade in and fade out with the music?

Thanks.

BarryTheCrab

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Apr 09, 2014 11:18

Normalize will work between multiple clips on the same timeline, not within a single clip, as you now have.
You should normalize, THEN render/produce. There is a freebie called The Levelator, which I have not yet used, but may do the trick in a single clip.
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Frankc1

Member Joined: Oct 21, 2012 11:46 Messages: 64 Offline

Apr 09, 2014 12:02

Ahhh good tip. Thanks

borgus1

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Apr 09, 2014 13:12

Be aware that PD's "normalize" does not function in the same manner as it does in most audio utility programs.

You might consider exporting clip audio to a separate program, normalize, then import back to PD.

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