Make Your Audio Loud But Not Too Loud: Loudness Normalization Part 1

For a long time, I struggled to get my audio loud enough without over compressing it or making it clip and distort. And I also seemed to have a hard time getting the loudness of my audio to match from one episode to the next. Incredibly frustrating…

But thanks to some recent developments in the broadcast TV world, I stumbled upon this idea called Loudness Normalization along with some standards specified by European and US broadcast agencies. And I learned about an online tool that can actually process your audio to these standards so that it is just the right loudness for your audience on YouTube, Vimeo or anywhere else online.

We’ll cover Auphonic.com in this first episode—an online service that can process your audio files so that they are just the right loudness. Then in episode 2 we’ll look at the technical details and how to do this loudness normalization using Adobe Audition.

Come on over to http://LearnLightAndSound.com to learn more.

Automate your loudness normalization using http://auphonic.com

Find Ray Ortega’s “The Podcaster’s Studio” over at http://thepodcastersstudio.com

This episode shot with the following:

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HMNSound MicroLav Microphone
This is the new version with an XLR connector that we’ll review in the next few weeks.

http://hmnsound.com

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RODE NT1A Large Diaphragm Condensor Mic (for the screencast part of this episode)

Amazon: https://geni.us/HAP3RP8
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/651939-REG/Rode_NT1_A_NT1_A_CVRS_Complete_Vocal.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/RONT1ACRS/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xRONT1ACRS

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Tascam DR-60D Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/Ac6nBG
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/929347-REG/tascam_dr_60d_4_ch_track_linear_pcm.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/TADR60D/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xTADR60D

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Nikon D750 (My new camera!)

Amazon: https://geni.us/x5GL
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1082599-REG/nikon_d750_dslr_camera_body.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/NID750/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xNID750

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Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Lens

Amazon: https://geni.us/AQUiv7
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/247091-USA/Nikon_2137_Normal_AF_Nikkor_50mm.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/NI5018DAF/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xNI5018DAF

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Photoflex Starlite QL Softbox Kit:

Amazon: https://geni.us/9dSKT
B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/132309-REG/Photoflex_FV_SL1622KIT_Starlite_QL_SilverDome_1.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/PHSLSDSK/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xPHSLSDSK

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Music copyright Curtis Judd 2011

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