# Shaving Luf Hills and Raising Luf Valleys

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/shaving-luf-hills-and-raising-luf-valleys/122917>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Tags:** podcast\
**Created:** [November 10, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/shaving-luf-hills-and-raising-luf-valleys/122917 "2024-11-10T14:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimmyFro](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JimmyFro](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/JimmyFro)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/shaving-luf-hills-and-raising-luf-valleys/122917/1 "2024-11-10T14:18:44Z")

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Hello,  
I’m looking for a less laborious treatment strategy to make the voice db level or luf level of the podcast host that I work for, more consistent. He’s either **percusive and loud** when he gets excited or he relaxes and low-talks; his voice tapers off. Adding to this rollercoaster luf level issue is the over-all volume arc of his track from start to finish. He starts out strong, energetic and on the mic, but as the episode reaches 1/2 way, his level starts to grade downward.

 ![HillsAndValleysenshot 2024-11-10 090509](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7e8206ffebec7afa6e1fc0762eec25864b8d9126.jpeg)  
I’m frustrated going thru manually selecting and using compression and amplitude to raise the valleys and lower the excitable loud hills. There’s Got to Be a Better Way!!

I welcome your suggestions.  
screenshot attached.

-Jimmy

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**Author:** ![DVDdoug](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/dvddoug/32/32925_2.png) [@DVDdoug](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/DVDdoug)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/shaving-luf-hills-and-raising-luf-valleys/122917/2 "2024-11-10T18:04:20Z")

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You can try limiting. I recommend the old limiter because it allows you to actually set a limit: _Effects → legacy → Legacy Limiter._)

Run _Amplify_ or _Normalize_ first to get a known starting point with the peaks at 0dB. Then you’ll have to experiment but maybe start with limiting at -10dB to see if that’s too much or too little.

You can optionally run _Amplify_ or _Normalize_ again after it’s evened-out.

There is also a [Leveller](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/distortion.html) effect (oddly filed under “distortion”).

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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 10, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/shaving-luf-hills-and-raising-luf-valleys/122917/3 "2024-11-10T18:19:04Z")

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> [@JimmyFro](#):
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> There’s Got to Be a Better Way!!

There’s a Nyquist plugin called “[LevelSpeech2.ny](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/improved-leveling-for-speech/33258/27)” it’s a compressor-limiter combo ,  
(you may need to de-ess afterwards).

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/1X/81a69b20bcd548215067cfaceccc8a10bfa2d176.png) [@system](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/shaving-luf-hills-and-raising-luf-valleys/122917/4 "2024-12-10T14:18:51Z")

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