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Audio levels hot on import
Searching online for a bit and am a little stumped, the .wav files sound find when played in quicktime, itunes, etc. But when I import them into avid they’re a bit hot/distorted.
They were given to me as 48.000 24-bit wav. When prompted for the start time upon import I always choose 29.97.
I am working out of a 30i project, 48khz, 16-bit. On the audio project setting>input there is no input gain set, and sample rate conversion is set to never.
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8 Replies
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If your audio output it set to direct out and center panned everything will be louder
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Its set to Stereo/mix to 1&2, and oddly enough when I export a h.264 as a test, with 48khz/16 bit mpeg-4 audio the levels sound fine. Theres just something I’m missing here
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What is distorting where? Are your levels clipping in MC or on outputs? Broadcast levels tend to leave headroom, whereas commercially released music tends to be normalized at full 0dB digital peaks (waaaaay above where broadcast peaks would be).
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The levels are clipping in both MC (i’ve been test importing the same file over and over- sounds good in finder) and when I do a DVD output straight from the timeline on dialogue (recorded from lav mics).
Music is not clipping at all.
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I think it may be something with my outputting/monitors, I just linked to a song for a test via AMA, did not transcode and its clipping.
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What is your output setting (mono/stereo/multi/direct)? How are the tracks panned?
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As it turns out, someone messed with my mixing board. A whole bunch of the levels were out of whack. I apologize for bugging everyone. But I do feel relieved.
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[Brendan Maghran] “As it turns out, someone messed with my mixing board. A whole bunch of the levels were out of whack. I apologize for bugging everyone. But I do feel relieved.
“I knew it had to be panning somehow. No worries..happens to all of us. Glad you figured it out.
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