See this sticky: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/77190.page#post_box_315914 and attach a screenshot of your timeline. This will help in determining the audio level you have. You probably did not need to adjust the audio volume.

Listen to other user submitted clips and let us know if the volume is about the same as yours without adjusting the volume controls on your pc or laptop.

Quote See this sticky: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/77190.page#post_box_315914 and attach a screenshot of your timeline. This will help in determining the audio level you have. You probably did not need to adjust the audio volume.

Listen to other user submitted clips and let us know if the volume is about the same as yours without adjusting the volume controls on your pc or laptop.

Thanks. Attached as requested. The bottom timeline is from YouTube studio.

Can you remove the "Audio Editor: dynamic range compression" once it's been applied? It doesn't seem the same as an effect where you can remove it or reset it.

Thank you for the screenshots. The audio in track 1 can be adjusted in the audio mixing room as well as any audio tracks. You can easily restore the audio volume to the original volume via a right mouse click dialog. You can revert the audio settings after using Audio Editor by using undo. After saving changes, undo in PD17 also worked. After you save and open the project I have found no way to revert.

I found a problem with the audio editor that I don’t have with the previous WaveEditor on the previous versions of PD. 5.1 settings in pref. and timeline. Use of WaveEditor is fine.

In PD17 5.1 settings in pref. and timeline. Use of Audio Editor causes the audio to be silent and you will get a flat line instead of a waveform. This new Audio Editor show All available track or single track buttons on the top right. Neither one worked for 5.1 audio.

The Audio Editor works fine if the pref. is set to stereo and the clip is stereo too.

If someone who uses 5.1 audio can confirm my findings on the PD17 Audio Editor I do appreciate it.

I have recently updated PD17 to version 2514.2. The same problem exists with 5.1 audio. Created support Ticket ID: CS001990065.

Hi tomasc -

Even though we've strayed from the original question, I confirm your findings with Audio Editor & 5.1 audio. EEK!

Same thing occurs with 7.1 audio too, whether it's part of a video or a separate audio clip.

Screen capture shows difference between Audio Editor & AudioDirector.



Cheers - Tony
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Thank you, Tony, for your confirmation and YouTube video showing the problem with 5.1 and 7.1 audio. I sent them the requested screenshots where the audio is silent with a flat line, screenshot of version window, etc. I included a link to this OP thread with your YT link showing the same problem.

Got a message that they have reproduced a similar issue and the case is escalated to engineering team.

Has anyone got a real solution to this yet?

The volume of my videos compared to many other well edited videos on YouTube is a lot quieter.

I can't increase the volume of each track higher than 12dB as that's the max. If I use the compressor tool in PD17 any higher the audio clips. It seems that when the production goes from PD17 edit to YouTube the overall volume of the video is reduced.

Latest video...compare my audio to another channel to see what I mean...

https://youtu.be/ZVuH_xdaDmo