what's usually the proper volume for music and video mixing in a video?

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dale9532

Newbie Joined: Dec 23, 2010 05:14 Messages: 28 Offline

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May 18, 2011 18:55

I can't seem to get the right volume for my video clips and music in my videos. Some of the music is really loud and my videos soft.. so I turn down the music, and then the music is soft and the videos are right. Sometimes I have to turn up the audio to 100% to my videos which match the music.. but then when it's burned to DVD, the audio is always blaring during playback. I know that when DVD's are burned, they usually play back the audio louder than what is heard during editing.

So is there a general rule usually? For example, have the music at 25, and the video volume at 75? I know it depends on every video and music, but what about general rules to apply.
How do you guys handle it when you edit your videos?

- Jonathan

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

May 18, 2011 20:07

If you have a way to measure the volume of the music, you can use the broadcast level of -6 DB for your peak.

There is a Digital level meter that works in Windows 7.

I use it.
http://www.darkwood.demon.co.uk/PC/meter.html#Digital

The only fault I find with this meter is the indication varies with your setting of the computer volume control.
You can sill use it for a reference point.

I use the free audio editor Audacity. Audacity can set your levels to the same level for all your audio edits. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

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