Can we make automatic cuts in audio clips using decibel change detector ?

[Fran5F93]

Hi, I hope somebody could help me with this.

I am doing a recurrent task where I have to level audio peaks of 11 different people (so 11 different mics) to -1db for sequences about 10 minutes. Each time I have around 10 sequences of this kind, so I hope you understand is a pretty hard work to do. People don't talk at same levels, tones change, some scream, some talk very low, things like is those you can find in these timelines.

The only solution I've found is to make cuts at each time the waveform goes up or down and when finishing all the timeline and all audio tracks, normalize peaks to -1db. It's for a year now that I am with this stuff.

My question is :

Is out there some tool or plugin that can detect this decibel changes inside an audio clip to make some cuts on it when the decibels are more than X decibels ? I would like to try to avoid all this work to try to win some time. Anybody knows something that could help ? Even if it's not exactly what I am searching for I would like to know anything that maybe could help out there.

Thank you.

[hassan_alhilali]

Sounds like a great idea, it would be useful for me too!

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi,

Thanks for the question. Good to see you here. Currently, Premiere Pro does not have a built-in feature to automatically cut audio clips based on decibel changes. Shall I move your post into the Ideas (feature request) forum?

Would you like some workaround ideas to help you get this kind of work done as expedient as possible? Let the community know. I think we can help you here. Let us know what your goal is with this request, and we can go from there. OK? Hope to hear back soon.

Thanks,
Kevin

[PaulMurphy]

Have you tried the Auto-Match button in the Essential Sound panel?

Auto-Match is more accurate than working with decibel levels alone because it uses LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale), which calculates loudness based on average decibels over time. This means that sudden changes in volume—such as a speaker momentarily getting louder or softer—won't affect the overall normalization.

By using Auto-Match, Premiere Pro ensures that all speakers maintain a consistent loudness level, making your audio mix more balanced.

For more details, check out Adobe's guide on the Essential Sound panel.