How to reduce voice volume

Question

Hello. Is there a way to reduce the volume of someone speaking in Audition? I used a lav mic on someone recently & he spoke extremely loud so everyone could hear him. Had I known better, I would set the volume lower on the microphone to prevent this from happening. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.

ryclark · Answer

What level does the overloud voice recording show on Audition's meters? If the sound has been distorted by the microphone or recorder being overloaded by the loud voice then you are unlikely to get clean audio back if you just reduce the level in Audition. If it isn't distorted then you can use one of many of Audition's level adjusting effects such as Amplify (also reduces) or Normalize from the Amplitude and Compressor effects menu. There is even a preset to Normalize to -3dB in the Favorites menu.

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