Increase volume of a quiet recording

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Increase volume of a quiet recording

Post by wmike1503 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:33 am

Just used an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder to record a conversation.

One voice is very clear - other voices are very quiet.

Is there any way of increasing the volume of the track section that is too quiet?

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Mike

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Re: Increase volume of a quiet recording

Post by steve » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:55 am

The best way is to painstakingly go through using the Envelope Tool to adjust the volume up and down. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html

If you want a quicker way, you could try this "Automatic Gain Control" plug-in effect: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 79#p194179
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