Topic: boosting levels after a recording?

[seekup40]

Is there a way too raise the levels after a recording, mine are a little low as of now

chris

[Humbug]

What music editing program are you using? This should be possible in most of them.

[seekup40]

cool edit

[leegeddy]

cool edit

..on CEP, choose (highlight) the entire wave,

Transform > Amplitude > Normalize

marc

[timP]

ahem... how about when using Wavelabs?
have taught myself alot of it, just know that I'm doing alot in it bass akwards...
thanks

[Chanher]

have taught myself alot of it, just know that I'm doing alot in it bass akwards...

huh?  

[seekup40]

also another thing i just noticed on my recording, for about the first 20 minutes, little thumps can be heard. my mic stand was swaying back and forth for that portion of the show, i have no idea what caused it since it was indoors and my stand was taped down with lots of duct tape, maybe a fan or something from the ceiling, i also thought maybe the pressure from the speakers but i was about 20 feet back? any ideas??

[timP]

what I mean is that I don't have the manual for it, so am just trying out features and looking thru the Help guide... just sure I'm missing some of the nicer features...

[Bubb Rubb]

Can Wavelab be downloaded for free, if so where?  If not, where can I purchase it

[Rat6666]

Hey spreadahead,

In Wavelab:

Select All (Ctrl+A)
Level --> Normalize

If you need to boost your levels higher than that, you'll need to use a compressor plug-in. Steinberg Mastering Edition comes with a really nice compressor as part of the set. There may be a standard compressor included with Wavelab, but it's been a while since I've fired it up so I'm not sure.

There may be a trial version of Wavelab, but I don't think I've ever come across it (never needed it! ) Visit http://www.steinberg.net for more information and purchasing info. Most Guitar Centers or other larger audio stores should carry it standard if you want to purchase it locally.

[Chapper]

Hey spreadahead,

In Wavelab:

Select All (Ctrl+A)
Level --> Normalize

If you need to boost your levels higher than that, you'll need to use a compressor plug-in. Steinberg Mastering Edition comes with a really nice compressor as part of the set. There may be a standard compressor included with Wavelab, but it's been a while since I've fired it up so I'm not sure.

There may be a trial version of Wavelab, but I don't think I've ever come across it (never needed it! ) Visit http://www.steinberg.net for more information and purchasing info. Most Guitar Centers or other larger audio stores should carry it standard if you want to purchase it locally.

Can't you just select the entire .wav, then add gain?  

[Rat6666]

Wavelab 4.0 Demo (Full featured, except you can't Save or Burn CD's):
~ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/download/pc/wavelab/WaveLab_Demo/WaveLab40/WaveLab400fDemo.zip

I would think you'd NEVER want to add gain after normalizing, as that would crush the peaks that you just normalized to. Compression is the most obvious solution, or you could also try a plugin called Loudness Maximizer.

Let me know if any of this helps... I've been using Wavelab for the last couple of years (before I had any interest in taping).

Jon

[nic]

I would think you'd NEVER want to add gain after normalizing

IME, I would add gain instead of normalizing . . .

[Cooker]

in wavelab, just add gain. don't normalize.

[Rat6666]

Why would it be better to add gain rather than normalizing/compressing? In most mastering circles the former would be frowned upon, as far as I can assume.

Adding gain generally crushes peaks (clipping = bad). Normalizing to 0dB and then compressing adds overall volume without clipping.

Serious question!