Audio Editing Sony Vegas 12

[John Rofrano]

[Brian East] “I can’t figure out how to edit an audio track that has high peaks and low peaks to a more uniform level. The audio is of a meeting I recorded for a small tv station and there are many times where the person talking backs away from the mic or gets too close. I just want to be able to lower just the high areas and raise the low areas. Can anyone help?”

You want to use the Track Compressor on that audio track to smooth this out. I would start with the [Sys] 1.5:1 compression starting at -24 dB setting and increase the Amount (x:1) as needed to raise the lower audio to a reasonable level (maybe 20:1 – 30:1 or more). This will compress the dynamic range to make the loud sounds lower and the low sounds louder.

Then place Wave Hammer Surround on the Master Audio Bus. Start with the [Sys] Master for 16-bit preset and go to the Volume Maximizer tab and lower the Threshold until the entire audio sounds loud enough. You can also lower the Output Level to limit how loud the audio can become.

[Brian East] “Any tutorials that can help learn Vegas Pro 12 better?”

We have a wide range of high quality training for Vegas Pro at VASST.

~jr

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