How do I ensure consistency between files?

Report · Oct 02, 2018

Howdy Wizards

Editing an audiobook for the first time. It's been a long road, still climbing the learning curve.

I THINK I have produced good clean files, all RMS and Peak Levels are consistent -- but the client still has problems -- says that they are uneven and sound quality changes within chapters, and between chapters.

I do see a few places where I may have goosed the audio a bit too much. One chapter was distorted in places, so I went back to my original session output, and re-edited it (removing mouth noises, applied adaptive noise reduction, a bit of eq to brighten it, then ran it through the same loudness processes (Total RMS, then Peak Level). I think the distortion was a result of my fiddling with eq, somehow set it too high in a few cases... but I have tried to keep it uniform. I THINK it is fine.... but client disagrees, and the client is always right. Right?

Now, I am searching for a way to process all these files in a uniform way so the levels etc. are all the same (a big Audible requirement).

Is there a batch process that can even all 52 files out, or some other tool that I can apply to all of my files? Or am I the tool?

Any help?

Thanks VERY much.

Rob

Rob Wilson

UnAuthorized Films

Audio Editing hardware/Software

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac14,4

Processor Name: Intel Core i5

Processor Speed: 1.4 GHz

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PreSonus AudioBox USB 96 Audio InterfaceTech Specs

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Number of Preamps:	2
Phantom Power:	Yes
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USB:	1 x Type B
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Depth:	1.75"
Width:	5.5"
Height:	5.5"
Weight:	5 lbs.
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Pro Tools First:

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Obtained from: Identified Developer

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64-Bit (Intel): Yes

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Adobe Creative Suite.

Adobe Audition. Build 11.10.0.184

Punch And RollVersion 1.22.3.

Adobe Acrobat Pro

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