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July 31, 2023
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Adaptive Leveler?

  • July 31, 2023
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For people familiar with AUPHONIC.

When I was still using Audacity for my audio recording and editing, I was also using Auphonic service for the final mastering, given the limitations of Audacity.

Since I moved my audio production to Adobe Audition, I no longer need to use Auphonic as Audition gives me the same key mastering features I need - noise reduction, loudness normalisation, hi pass filtering and some EQ. Except for one - at least, I'm not aware where to find it or what existing effects to use to quickly and easily achieve the same effect.

Adaptive Leveler

It corrects level differences within one file between speakers, music and speech to achieve a balanced overall loudness.

In some podcast interviews with poor signal or connection, the voice of the guest keeps fading out and so there can be a significant difference in the level of their speech which is rising and falling. Not a very pleasant listening experience.

I know that various compression tools can help even it out, but this could be a lengthy and tedious process, especially when those fades are inconsistent, you need to normalise the guest's voice with your own voice and music, and you are not an audio engineer.

The Auphonic Adaptive Leveler has an inbuilt algorithm that considers all the parts and tracks of the audio file. 

Question:  Is there something similar in Adobe Audition you can apply with on click?

 

 

 

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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July 31, 2023

Effects>Amplitude and Compression>Speech Volume Leveler

Quantum88Author
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July 31, 2023

yes, thanks, but it needs to be applied for each track separately plus it matches the overall volume of clips rather than the volume within a clip normalised with all clips on all tracks. Correct?  These are fixed settings, not a dynamic or adaptive volume adjustment.

 

The Auphonic Adaptive Leveler has an inbuilt algorithm that considers all parts and tracks of the audio file.  Is there something similar in Adobe Audition?  Does Audition use algorithms at all (as a dynamic or adaptive effect)?

 

SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 31, 2023

In the Window menu, you'll find Match Loudness as an option. It will give you a lot of different standards for doing this. The help page is here.