RMS Normalization is a little more “dangerous” because it doesn’t warn you about clipping.
Which is why it appears prominently in the middle of Audiobook Mastering. The tools clean up after each other.
Did I mention we publish an audiobooking mastering suite of tools?
"Suite " as in Harmonious Grouping.
Mastering 4 starts with a raw reading and produces a guaranteed match to two out of three ACX specifications and leaves the dog barking next door up to you. Meeting ACX Noise is responsible for most ACX Check failures. ACX -60dB Noise in English means your room noise has to be a thousand times quieter than your voice when you record. That’s hard to do in most houses.
ACX Human Quality Control hates Noise Reduction software.