Boosting audio levels

[Rich Rubasch]

In one of the compression audio plug ins it has a gain setting at the bottom…apply the filter and only adjust the gain slider.

Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media

[Scott Skaja]

I had the very same problem last week with some VO recorded too low. I ran it through the Audio Normalizer feature. Highlight your clip, then in the top menu bar select Modify>Audio>Normalize. I had to command Z and experiment with the setting a few times, but got it to broadcast levels in about a minute. It sounded good and passed specs by the master control engineers.

Scott Skaja
edit/design/animation
http://www.scottskaja.com

[Michael Gissing]

I am curious if the normalize creates a new clip. If you are sending an OMF to sound post then they would rather take the original clip, not a normalized new clip.

Either the compressor or limiter audio plugin gives lots of gain. Doubling tracks is also a nuisance to sound post people who have to check and usually delete these extras.

[Scott Skaja]

I believe it does not create a new clip. The audio people I’ve worked with strip off any level adjustment or FCP filters when they import the OMF.

Scott Skaja
edit/design/animation
http://www.scottskaja.com

[Ian Cooley]

A simple compression techniques goes like this, and it does wonders to make audio richer…

1. Apply the Compression/Limiter to the clip,
2. open the filter in the viewer
3. Click the preserve volume checkbox
4. Set Threshhold to 0
5. Set ratio to 2
6. loop clip playback
7. slowly lower the threshold until the noise gets louder, but without increase the noise floor/ambient noise.

ian

[Walter Biscardi]

Effects > Audio Filters > Final Cut Pro > Compressor Limiter

Then follow the “2’s Rule.”

-20
2
20
200

and turn ON Preserve Volume

I got this piece of advice on the Cow and it has worked pretty much untouched on every piece of audio we’ve needed to use it on.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[David Bogie]

I’ll eventually try all of these suggestions but I still find the easiest is to apply the DynamicsRange filter form the Apple group in audio filters.

bogiesan

[Bart Volpintesta]

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I’m working on it this morning and will let you know what works. Thanks again!!!