How to fix a level mistake

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Hi guys,

I made a terrible mistake tonight. I was asked to record an ALL-STAR podcast for a bunch of podcaster and I ended up having to level 10 microphones in a room adjacent to a cocktail party. It was tough, specially since my forte is video switching not audio. The whole track sounds pretty good but there is some part of the recording that are too low for my own taste. I own Audition and logic audio at home.

Is there a way I could analyse the recording and try to do an auto-level to bridge the gap between the highest peak and the lowest (plugin or software)? I know it's not the best way to go but I only have 24 hours to get that file online.

Any clue or any direction to point me in...?

thanks in advance

J.
 
Just edit the audio manually. Where the level is to low, just fix those parts. I'm not sure how to do that in your software, but it it should not be a challenge.

If you are in a bind to get this done quick, just send me the audio file. I will make it happen before your deadline.
 
Better get online quick though. I got other stuff to do, like sleep and stuff. :)
 
Hi Jimmy,

sorry I started to do it manually and I kinda got the hang of it. Almost half is done now. I wish there was a way to record 10 feeds together simultaneously on separate track so I could adjust them later on.
thanks for you help

J.
 
Well, there is a way to do that. It just involves an interface that has the capability.

Good to hear you have got it worked out. :)
 
Just as a comment...you're playing to Audition's strengths on this one. It's faster than anything for manual editing, which is why it gets used by so many radio stations and networks.
 
Wouldn't it just be easier to compress it...that is the one of the purposes of a compressor...to even out the highest and lowest parts of the signal. I'm sure most DAWs come with at least one built in compressor.
 
DSPDiva said:
Wouldn't it just be easier to compress it...that is the one of the purposes of a compressor...to even out the highest and lowest parts of the signal. I'm sure most DAWs come with at least one built in compressor.
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It is one affect of a compressor?, yes. Is a compressor the ideal way to control level?, not really.

It can and is used for so called 'smoothing' of levels, but it will not work for extreme level compensation.

What I took from the OP is that he had extreme levels to deal with.
 
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