« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2018, 01:08:01 PM »
I always envelope the applause down, and up again, with well-designed ramps.
Very natural sounding when you get the knack.
this. then raise overall gain.
I think what I'm doing is achieving the same ends thru a slightly different approach. For the applause that is truly during the breaks between songs I just use the Click and Crackle repair tool to compress that noise down to below the peaks of the musical parts. For applause that is happening during the music I try to compress just the individual claps to keep the remaining musical portion free of compression. Then once I've gotten all the clap spikes down below the peak levels for the music I normalize as I would typically do. I can certainly hear the compression during the between song clapping however its much more pleasant than having my ears blown up by the enthusiastic audience when I'm listening back. For the parts where the clapping and music are intertwined I really do not hear the compression by using it sparingly on the individual claps alone.
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