How to Fix Volume Levels in Audacity - Perfect Podcast Episode EVERY TIME

Working on multiple files that have been recorded in different audio environments? Once you match them all together - volume of each track ALL OVER the place? Did you know that there's an uncommonly used effect in Audacity that can help you fix it in just a couple of clicks?

In this episode, I will show you how to match the volume of your tracks in a couple of quick simple steps using Audacity. Inconsistency of your speech volume levels will definitely provide a poor listening experience for your audience. Instead of tweaking the volume levels manually, you can automate the process easily.

If you want to learn to improve your sound and mix audio, check out the entire playlist:

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0:00 How to Match Multiple Speech Volume Levels in Audacity?
0:10 15 Tracks sample
1:20 How to sort tracks?
1:40 Loudness Normalization Effects
2:05 Set to DEFAULT
2:13 Tweak the Effects
2:35 First Result
3:15 Add COMPRESSION to finish off
4:30 Final Result

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🎙Cool Stuff For Audio Creators🎙

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Hi there! I'm Mike Russell from Music Radio Creative. I am an Adobe Certified Professional and my aim is to teach you the secrets you need to know to create better-sounding audio with the use of various techniques. From Adobe Audition tips and tricks to your choice of microphones, audio gear, home recording setup, and many more! Podcasters, Livestreamers, Filmmakers, and even YouTubers can make use of what I am about to show!

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#audacitytutorial #audacity #audioediting

[D-Grizzly_The_Spitter]

Me and my buddy record separately from halfway across the country. This is a lifesaver!

[___David___Savian]

Note: If you are normalizing music videos, The LUFS box has to be -14 (not -24) or the Youtube Algorithm will crush all your music mixing hard work and normalize each channel independently which would be box 1 instead. If it's only normalizing speech and you don't care how the music in your video is normalized, then do it exactly like on this video. Don't just pick music from Youtube library which is always too loud. Use an audio editor (DAW) to fix volume changes.

[growjunkieradio]

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[wstks-fmworldwide]

Thank you! I'll try this with my intro, outro, ID, and main voice track for my podcast. Have always had challenges getting a consistent level across the four.

[blitz]

Very helpful and what an amazing tool to use. Thanks Mike. Looking forward to the next video.

[gaspar]

How beatifull job Mr. Mike Russel ! i´d start soon my "Chemical Engineering" podcast and your recomendations will be ... at least ... essential !

[DavetheTurnip]

Thanks. I was looking for something like this. 😃

[SkyCharter]

Many thanks. I was going to record my podcast/radio program straight to one track, but this suggests I should just go multi-track. I do so hate uneven levels between participants.

[knatesa]

Thank you so much! I found it very helpful.

[dannyd]

Those were the most English sounding tracks with instruction by one of the most English sounding guys I've ever heard :)

[Nallasivam]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much.

[dinoapolito]

Excellent video, thank you. Do you have something on de-essing with Audacity?

[djtrukka]

Will this method work with imported music tracks from iTunes (which are loud) and my vocal speech tracks (which are a lot quieter)?

[OldDog-seev]

Thanks for this video. I've only been using Audacity for a couple of months. Once all the tracks have been normalized, have do you save each track as their own separate files?

[highanddryful]

Fantastic thank you How can i level uneaven audio in a single track?

[HalfManHalfCupcake]

Great stuff! But how do you even out volume levels in the same voice/voiceover track? Let's say you're doing a voiceover and you shift position a couple of times and end up speaking into the microphone at different angles and different distances so there is an audible difference in volume in the same track? All parts sound nice they just differ in volume. Any tips? Of course with as little distortion as possible.

[richardottum]

Pan in a car stereo set up is a front rear adjustment labeled fade in a nontraditional sense
Volume adjusts loudness.
Pan is a left right adjustment.
How do i adjust a near/far?

[MommyRodz]

great! content very helpful!!!! Kudos keep it up

[molamolalaaa]

I'm a bit confused. At 2:45, you mentioned that the ideal level was between -12 and -18 dB. However, I found that to be a bit too low, and I noticed that the audio in your video is generally much louder, often reaching the red volume level in Audacity. I'm trying to adjust my audio levels for my YouTube videos using Audacity. What are the best practices for setting audio levels for YouTube content? I appreciate your help!

[Andypppppppppp]

Hi Mike great tutorial as always .... quick question I'm using Windows version 3.2.3 of Audacity and don't have this volume and compression menu option. I have separate options for Normalize, compression, amplify etc.
Is this a separate effects download ? Or is it a different layout for Mac ?