# Improved "leveling" for speech

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/improved-leveling-for-speech/33258>\
**Category:** Plug-in Archive\
**Created:** [March 3, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/improved-leveling-for-speech/33258 "2014-03-03T05:37:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/trebor/32/45854_2.png) [@Trebor](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Trebor)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/improved-leveling-for-speech/33258/27 "2017-11-25T04:51:01Z")

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The current version of LevelSpeech has …

```plaintext
         (risetime 0.5) ; seconds
         (falltime 1.0) ; seconds

```

If you change these to …

```plaintext
         (risetime 0.02) ; seconds
         (falltime 0.10) ; seconds

```

It responds quicker : the changes in gain are less obvious, less pumping/breathing,  
e.g. attached  
[LevelSpeech2.NY](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/short-url/vcGJX4ZU8RcfvQxdHQbz6NCqgjw.NY) (2.55 KB)  
[/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4fbec0cf3bdfbce1030ce65bfb1b2ad51220b733.mp3](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4fbec0cf3bdfbce1030ce65bfb1b2ad51220b733.mp3)

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