This has probably been asked before, but I'm not sure what to search for in the archives.
I recorded a fusion trio in a great room. The recording is amazing, but for the nimrod seated directly to my left who had what I like to refer to as "loudest guy in the room" syndrome. He was just one of those guys who has to clap louder and cheer louder than everyone else. So following each song (and following each solo), I have this guy screaming, "WHOOO!" at the top of his lungs, and clapping like thunder. The volume discrepancy between this guy and the music is staggering. In some places he's probably 14db louder than the loudest peak. The recording can't even be effectively normalized as a result.
Removal of the clapping is easy enough using Audition's Click/Pop remover. The screaming, however, is another story.
What is the best tool to use to at least reduce the volume of this guy's voice? In the past, I've used the "Hard Limit" command with mixed results. What is the preferred method? Some kind of compression?
For the record, I'm using Audition 3.0. I also have iZotope RX2.