Determining the peak volume of a recording (2.0.5)

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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So I’m doing a project for physics using sound suppression and need to get and specific number for my data. How can I determine the peak sound level (in decibels) of a sound clip in Audacity?

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You can do it obliquely. Load the clip and Effect > Amplify, but don’t apply it. Just read the top number. The top number is the number of dB that the “performance” has to be amplified to reach the bottom number.

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There is a plug-in available here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/peak-amplitude-analyze-plug-in/31723/1

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So many thanks to you, sir. This is EXACTLY what I needed.