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joycesowards
joycesowards
Participant
November 30, 2017
Question

Why does my audio sound different in the multitrack than the waveform?

  • November 30, 2017
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Hey everyone,

I’m trying to edit a podcast and am new to all of this. I’ve edited all of my audio files in the waveform view and have “applied” any and all effects to my audio. When I right click on the audio file and export it to a track in the multitrack it doesn’t sound like it does in the waveform?  The waveform sounds so much better. It’s driving me nuts because all I want to do is launch my podcast with the best audio and things like this keep slowing me down. i hope you can help!  Thanks!

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      ryclark
      ryclark
      Participating Frequently
      November 30, 2017

      If you have already edited your podcast and added all the effects why are you then importing it into the Multitrack view?  Normally you would do all the editing and adding of effects in the Multitrack view anyway so that you can go back and make changes to the mix if you want to. Once you have done it in the Waveform view then everything is bunt in to the audio file and you can't alter it any further.

      But if you start off with a new Multitrack session there should be absolutely no difference when you import and play the file unless you have loads of effects set up in the Effects Rack for the track that you import the audio to. In what way does it sound different?

        LokiTM
        LokiTM
        Participating Frequently
        December 8, 2018

        I am having the same issue. The track sounds great as the audio file, but when it is in the multitrack, it sounds hollow and the silences have been amplified. In the multitrack things like breath sounds are massively amplified. I am using the podcast preset. Is this a side effect of the speech volume leveler?

          T
          Trevor_Asq
          Legend
          December 8, 2018

          LokiTM  wrote

          In the multitrack things like breath sounds are massively amplified. I am using the podcast preset. Is this a side effect of the speech volume leveler?

          Most likely, yes. Bypass effects to check.

          You are likely to need to bring up overall volume to compete with/match other podcasts, especially if there are adverts/interstitials around yours.

          You are likely to need to level the volume of speech across the recording as talent moves & delivery alters. A mixture of manual editing, mild compression & brickwall likely to be needed.

          Broadcast standard levels are -23/-24 LU, podcasts seem to be -16 LU. There is a Loudness Radar plug-in under ‘special’ - apply to the master bus to see it (also Orban have an app that will analyse a file & report - loads of other Loudness metering options).

          You may find it more cost effective & timely to farm this work out to a professional.

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