I have a show in which there are several audience claps that go above the music level both at the end of the songs and during. I can probably zoom in and lower them individually but was thinking of using RMS normalizing to act a compressor. I assume that as long as I only "push" the clapping and not the music portion over 0dB, there should be no effect on the dynamics of the music.
Example:
Music peak: -10dB
RMS level of show: -25dB
Normalize RMS level to: -15dB
If clipping occurs: apply dynamic compression
This should have the effect of bringing the music up 10dB to 0dB and compressing the claps to 0dB, correct?
thanks,
-james