Normalisation Gain
The audio in your clips contain variable parts that are loud and soft. When you raise the levels, the loudest parts should achieve maximum volume without distorting. However, it may become difficult to prevent some peaks from briefly over-modulating, creating various pops in the audio. We call this clipping. For this reason, we must try to reduce the overall gain by a few decibels, such as -8 dBFS (decibels full scale). The way to do this is to use the Normalisation Gain.
Park the
playhead over the clip
Click once on the
clip to select it
Choose Modify
> Audio > Apply Normalisation Gain
Check the audio
meter. The levels for dialogue don’t have to be louder than -8dB.
Normalising a Group of Clips
- Press Command-A
to select all of the clips
- Modify > Audio
> Apply Normalisation Gain
- Set the level (-8 dBFS for dialogue)
