One audio is louder than another

jinkazuya · 5th August 2010, 17:28

Well...I am using audacity for audio editing and I am still just a newbie and new to this software.

However, I have two audios, one of which is louder than another. And now I would like to edit the louder audio and enable it to have the same pitch, same volume of the other one. SO how can I do that?

kypec · 5th August 2010, 17:44

Look for normalize functions - pick a volume that suits your needs e.g. 90% and normalize both your audio tracks to that level.
For pitch correction I'm not so sure but there is tempo change IIRC.

TinTime · 5th August 2010, 20:50

Note that in Audacity you should probably use the Amplify function to normalize, unless you have a specific reason not to. The Normalize function treats each channel separately.

jinkazuya · 5th August 2010, 22:38

So by using Amplify function to do the normalization, the result will be that all the audios have the same volume and pitch?

kypec · 6th August 2010, 06:33

Amplification manipulates the volume only, it has nothing to do with pitch/tempo/sample rate at all.

jinkazuya · 6th August 2010, 17:19

Ok get it.

Well...You are using audacity too right Kypec? When I tried amplifying the volume during the process of joining or combining the audios, do I select the all parts of the audio to amplify or just a portion of it? I doubt we have to select all parts of the audio.

In addition to this, when you click on the amplify thing, a pop-up appears, and there is a preview, next to it is the check box named clipping and then there are also two sliders that we could adjust and then something called Dib...What are these?

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jinkazuya Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 114	One audio is louder than another Well...I am using audacity for audio editing and I am still just a newbie and new to this software. However, I have two audios, one of which is louder than another. And now I would like to edit the louder audio and enable it to have the same pitch, same volume of the other one. SO how can I do that?

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5th August 2010, 17:44	#2 \| Link
kypec User of free A/V tools Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SK Posts: 826	Look for normalize functions - pick a volume that suits your needs e.g. 90% and normalize both your audio tracks to that level. For pitch correction I'm not so sure but there is tempo change IIRC.

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TinTime Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 403	Note that in Audacity you should probably use the Amplify function to normalize, unless you have a specific reason not to. The Normalize function treats each channel separately.

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jinkazuya Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 114	So by using Amplify function to do the normalization, the result will be that all the audios have the same volume and pitch?

6th August 2010, 06:33	#5 \| Link
kypec User of free A/V tools Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SK Posts: 826	Amplification manipulates the volume only, it has nothing to do with pitch/tempo/sample rate at all.

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jinkazuya Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 114	Ok get it. Well...You are using audacity too right Kypec? When I tried amplifying the volume during the process of joining or combining the audios, do I select the all parts of the audio to amplify or just a portion of it? I doubt we have to select all parts of the audio. In addition to this, when you click on the amplify thing, a pop-up appears, and there is a preview, next to it is the check box named clipping and then there are also two sliders that we could adjust and then something called Dib...What are these?