Hello everyone!
I would like to know if there is any way to know or measure the exact amplitude (volume) of a file? Reason why I intend to leave all my video-lessons with the same volume.
Thank you very much!
- Select the audio that you want to measure (it could be the entire track, or just part of a track)
- Open the “Amplify” effect.
- Observe the default “Amplification (dB)” setting.
By default, the Amplify effect offers to amplify up to 0 dB, so the “Amplification (dB)” setting shows the number of dB required to make the selection up to 0 dB. Put another way, it shows the number of dB below full track height. - Click the “Cancel” button to close the Amplify effect.
Example: If the peak amplitude of the selected audio is -20 dB, then the Amplify effect will offer to amplify by +20 dB. Thus, if the default “Amplification (dB)” says “20”, then we know that the peak amplitude of the selection is -20 dB.
Hi Steve!
First I ask you to please consider my faults regarding the duplicity of the topic, it was my distraction.
Regarding your example, get this straight: If the peak amplitude of the selected audio is at -20dB, the Amplify effect will offer and present +20dB amplification. In this example, can we conclude that the audio (-20) is too low and needs to be applied (+20) to be normalized to the 0 (zero) standard?
Not to open another topic, on one occasion I met a puglin that makes the audio uniform (single volume) mainly the voice. Could you let me know what this puglin would be so I can download it?
Thank you very much friend!
Do you mean that it made loud voices quieter and quiet voices louder?
If so, that may have been the Nyquist plug-in: “Level Speech” which you can get here: Missing features - Audacity Support
Instructions for installing Nyquist plug-ins: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_effect_generator_and_analyzer_plug_ins_on_windows.html#nyquist_install