Brian do you have any tips for normalizing sections of the source? Like if we adjusted levels during the show. I usually use a virtual project.
I've dealt with gain adjustments in two different scenarios:
<1> Stepped gain adjustmentsI've always found the point at which I made the stepped gain adjustment and split
on a zero crossing into two objects - one pre-adustment, one post-adustment. I've then applied the appropriate fixed gain to whichever object requires it, typically the preceding object.
<2> Variable gain adjustmentsIn this case, I've used the volume envelope to scale the gain adjustment by ear. AFAIK, one may only apply the envelope to the entire track, so the envelope may rise up or down in an appropriate curve / line until the point at which I stabilized levels, and then the envelope remains flat for the remainder of the recording.
These both sound easy. In the former scenario, it's not always easy to achieve a completely seamless adjustment, but I've found splitting objects on a zero crossing almost always worked fine. In the latter scenario it's not always easy to immediately identify the points at which I start / stop the gain change, nor the line / curve required to make the adjustment.