It doesn’t show where I am…just the title of the audio file. When you tried to get the normalize tool to work, were you in Audacity 1.3? Given that you standardized on -3dB for your work, did you put the characters “-3” in the entry box? or just “3?” We’re having troubles with how that tool works. Audacity defaults to 44100/32-bit floating and some CD programs don’t know about that standard. You might need to change Audacity preferences to 44100/16-bit. Usually Effect > Amplify, but possibly Effect > Equalization (tone controls) as well.Īfter you get the collection to your liking, Export Multiple and Audacity will produce new sound files from each Label and the song following it.Īpply to the CD authoring program of your choice. Then select the song that needs help (the labels make this easier) and apply the manual adjustment. Then you can play one and rapidly switch to another one so you can compare them. That tool will get you very close very rapidly.Īnyway, put all your songs on one timeline one after the other and place labels at the beginning of each one (Control-B or Apple-B). I also don’t quite believe that Normalize thing didn’t work. If you want that kind of control, I think you’d be very disappointed with the automatic tools. If we were doing this on the moon, we’d be done by now. I mean, they can shoot a rocket to moon, surely they can invent something basic like this? So all I want is a tool that will do this for me, something that would equalize the loudness of all selected tracks. I still have those tapes and listen to them while doing sit-ups etc and I still can’t believe how I managed to create such perfect tapes - it was extremely time-consuming though.īut with CD-R’s it’s not possible to do it like that anyway. If it was OK, I rewinded to the end of Track 1 (first recording) and taped it after that (twice actually, to repeat the same steps). Then I listened if it was as loud as the first track, if not I had adjust the recording volume → checked again etc. Then I recorded the first track twice → then I recorded the second title over the first track (second recording) while carefully checking the recording-volume meters. Many years ago I’ve taped my records onto cassette.įirst I had to select them by sound (bass/treble), so that I didn’t had to modify that when listening. If you need a quick refresher, read our explanation on gain versus volume.I’ve done what you said but unfortunately it didn’t work - there’s still very much difference in loudness between the tracks. Note that audio gain is similar to volume but can mean different things when using a DAW. If you want to adjust the volume of just one selection, you will need to create a new track or try a different method. More importantly, using this method will apply the volume change to the entire track. This method has its limits though the most you can boost the gain is +36 dB, or -32 dB if you want to reduce it. It also isn't a permanent change, so you can move the slider back to 0 dB at any time to reset the audio gain to its original level. By default, the slider is set in the center, but you can move the slider towards the + sign on the right to increase the gain, and move it to the - sign on the left to decrease it.Ĭhanging the slider won't change what the audio looks like in the editing timeline, but you will hear the difference. It's located on the left-hand side of the editing timeline underneath the Audio Track and Mute buttons. One of the quickest ways to boost the volume is to change the gain slider on the audio track.
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