Decreasing loudness, increasing softness

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Pro
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Decreasing loudness, increasing softness

Post by Pro »

Lets say someone says "A" loudly, but then "B" softly. Is there a way to bring the volume of "B" up a little, and "A" down?
donrandall
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Post by donrandall »

There may be some fancier way than what I do - but what I do works.

Select the sound for which you want to increase the volume, click your volume control icon and use the control to raise the level to whatever you decide is appropriate. Now, for the sound which you would like to attenuate.....
Stiiv
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Post by Stiiv »

Sounds like you're looking for compression...not the "smaller file" kind, but audio compression. It makes the louder parts softer & the softer parts louder.
Stiiv
Togglehead
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Post by Togglehead »

dare i say...Normalize?

i would never use it for music....but for voice, it works ok.
DougDbug
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Post by DougDbug »

Yes, this is called dynamic compression. Compression makes the loud parts quieter and/or the quiet parts louder. This is a reduction (compresion) of dynamic range... less difference between the quiet parts and the loud parts.

Effect->Compression/Expansion.
Note: Some of the settings
in the compression/expansion window are screwy... Sometimes you use "expansion" to compress the dynamic range. :?

There is also an extra-cost plug-in called GW Voice. It has an Auto Gain feature, which might be exactly what you are looking for. (Automatic Gain Control, or Automatic Volume Control are types of compression.)

GoldWave does not have a "Normalize" function. Normalization usually means Maximize (set the volume so the peaks are 0dB), although I have seen it used to mean Automatic Gain Control. (GoldWave does have a Maximize function.)
piano nick
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Post by piano nick »

Doug:

At first I found the settings under Compression confusing. Then I noted that when one uses "reduce peaks" (on of the defaults) that the multiplier is negative (compression). The multiplier for "boost quiet parts" is positive (expansion).

Now it seems to make sense to me.


Nick
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