Which Effect can be used to smooth the wave?

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hi,

I’m trying to edit a track. One section was not strong enough so I use Amplify to raise it. But it leaves two steps on the wave. Please see screenshot below. Which Effect can be used to smooth the steps.

I guess there might be another effect that can smoothly amplify a section but I’m not sure if it’s available.
smooth.JPG
Thanks & regards,
Lee

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I hope you saved a copy of the original…

The [u]Envelope Tool[/u] can be used to fade-up or fade-down parts of the program.

Or, the compressor and limiting effects tend to even-out the loudness. Both of these effects “push down” the loud parts (or peaks) and then make-up gain is normally applied to bring-up the overall loudness.

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https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/envelope_tool.html

4

Thanks so much for the information and nice demo. Very useful feature.

Regards,
Lee

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Depending on what you’re doing, there may be completely automated ways of fixing volume problems. What’s the show or goal?

Koz

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I usually edit tracks of accompaniment and recorded sax performance. Sometimes, they are not perfect so I need to make minor changes manually after having both tracks.

Thanks & regards,
Lee

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OK, then as above, the Envelope Tool can give you the ability to click and drag corrections without leaving abrupt changes (unless you want them).

Koz

8

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Lee

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One more question on the Envelope Tool. It seems I cannot amplify the wave further with Envelope Tool once the little white-colored dots reach the dotted lines at top and bottom of the wave. Please see attached screenshot below. Would it be possible to amplify the wave further?
dotted_lines.JPG
Thanks & regards,
Lee

10

If you zoom-out on the vertical scale you can move the dots to +/-2 , (rather than +/-1) …

zoom out demo.gif

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Thanks for the information. x2 works well.

Regards,
Lee