Consistent Volumes

Question

Hi all.I maybe looking for the impossible but I will share my problem with you. Before I start I shall add that I asked a similar question to this on here many months ago and somebody suggested I use Match Volume with 'ITU-R BS.1770-2 Loudness'. I tried this and the result was awful and I read this technique was for broadcast purposes? Anyway, this is my dilemma. I want to burn some rock/pop songs onto CDR and want the volumes to be the same throughout. I have used Nero which generally quite good using their 'normalise' feature. What I have found on numerous occasions is when using normalisation a quiet song (maybe with no drumming) the quieter sounds are boosted to sometimes distortion level. Is there a way around this even if every song has to be monitored individually? Many thanks in advance. Paul

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

I don't know what Nero's 'normalize' function does, but on Audition it shifts the entire range of a signal up or down without altering the dynamics in the slightest. If you alter the range to above 0dB, then yes you will get distortion. But it's not the tool to use for volume matching at all.

If it's rock music, then it will have a limited dynamic range, so your task is easy. Find the quietest one and reduce the levels of all of the others until they match that. Then none of them will overload. And absolutely the best tool for setting the absolute level is still your ears, whatever anybody else claims.

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