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KenTheriot
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April 11, 2018
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Can AA Automatically Adjust Audio To Target Loudness?

  • April 11, 2018
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Is there a way to tell AA that a piece of audio should have an average loudness of, say, -15 dB, and then perform the needed dynamics adjustments and normalizing such that the audio ends up with that average loudness?

It seems like it would require AA to make certain "decisions" about compression settings that might not be what you actually want.

At the same time, it also seems like it should be possible. If so, how would I go about doing that?

In the past, I've done my own dynamics processing, checked the average volume, and did trial-and-error until I hit the target average (RMS using the older 3.0 version of AA).

Thoughts?

Thanks!

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    Correct answer ryclark

    Yes, just drop the single file into the Match Loudness space. Unlike Match Clip Loudness, which compares the different clips and tries to make them match each other, Match Loudness batch process conforms just the added files to the required profile.

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    ryclark
    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    April 12, 2018

    Yes recent versions of Audition have Match Loudness under the Effects menu. There are several profiles including the latest International ones and some of the older Audition ones. The Match Loudness feature is a batch type feature which opens it's own page where you can drop all files to be matched, set up the parameters and export settings.

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    KenTheriotAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 12, 2018

    That cool - and I can definitely see how it will be useful for mastering an album. But what about a single file - not looking to "match" loudness to another file, but to have one file edited to hit a target average loudness. Will I be able to do that?

    Thanks!

    ryclark
    ryclarkCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    April 12, 2018

    Yes, just drop the single file into the Match Loudness space. Unlike Match Clip Loudness, which compares the different clips and tries to make them match each other, Match Loudness batch process conforms just the added files to the required profile.

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