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Offul Duster
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March 20, 2017
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Advice please - Suitable plugin compressor for Audition 3?

  • March 20, 2017
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Hi guys,

Still a newbie...  🙂

PROBLEM

I am having problems with the levels of a Mic input (& a line input) into Audition 3, fed from a Focusrite Scarlett USB Audio interface.

I have issues with a (human) speaker 🙂  who shouts or sneezes into the mic. Similarly I have a problem with the wide dynamic range of the line input with some material from CD or other sources..

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WHAT I HAVE TRIED AND WHAT I THINK I WANT

Although I can compress or limit the recording in Audition (after the recording) I would like to see if there is any way I can put some sort of hard limiter in Audition which will recognise an upcoming peak and drop the volume to suitable levels - before it gets recorded.

If yes, could someone suggest a suitable plugin, preferably free, to use with Audition3. I am using Windows 10 Pro 64bit.

Finally, In case the answer is no, I would welcome (technological) suggestions and recommendations.
Most of the stuff I do free, and is very occasional, so I dont want to pay out per month, (e.g. Adobe Cloud based stuff)  but prefer to purchase so I can use it for 6-10 years, even if it gets a bit old..

Thanks

Pete

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Correct answer ryclark

Since the Focusrite interface records at 24bit depth there is plenty of dynamic range available. So don't worry about recording at a lower level than you would think is necessary. Set your recording levels so normal levels peak at around -18dBFS on Audition's meters. Then you won't get any overloads to the recording. Then you can sort out the levels afterwards with Normalisation and Compression. All the effects built in to Audition (even AA3) are more than good enough for what you want to do. So no more money needs to be spent on plugins.

Don't worry about the wide dynamic range of CDs. Being 16bit (96dB) gives much more than is generally used in CD recordings anyway. The Focusrite is 24bit (144dB) and Audition's native bit depth is 32bit floating point, which gives you virtually infinite dynamic range.

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ryclarkCorrect answer
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March 20, 2017

Since the Focusrite interface records at 24bit depth there is plenty of dynamic range available. So don't worry about recording at a lower level than you would think is necessary. Set your recording levels so normal levels peak at around -18dBFS on Audition's meters. Then you won't get any overloads to the recording. Then you can sort out the levels afterwards with Normalisation and Compression. All the effects built in to Audition (even AA3) are more than good enough for what you want to do. So no more money needs to be spent on plugins.

Don't worry about the wide dynamic range of CDs. Being 16bit (96dB) gives much more than is generally used in CD recordings anyway. The Focusrite is 24bit (144dB) and Audition's native bit depth is 32bit floating point, which gives you virtually infinite dynamic range.

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Offul DusterAuthor
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March 21, 2017

Thank you

Really appreciate the quick response as well

Pete

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